6.7
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- $330
- Average Mileage:
- 101,250 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 3 complaints
Most common solutions:
- buy motors that are available aftermarket (1 reports)
- not sure (1 reports)
- replace motor (1 reports)
these power windows worked great for years,even in the earliest models,then they went to a cable drive system,like domestic cars. what a mistake. this car is only ten years old,yet every window motor is failing. the cables start to fray,then it destroys the pulleys on the window regulators, then you have to buy a regulator and a motor assembly. this seems to be a common problem on the cars. DO NOT buy a replacement regulator from the dealer, you can buy a motor for 62 bucks from nappa,and the regulator assembly with motor is available online, usually from doorman products,for around a hundred bucks. quality can't be worse then OEM,nothing could be worse then OEM. if you have mechanical skills, you can do this pretty easy. if you hear a grinding and scraping,when the window is going up and down,thats the cables self destructing. i will post pics when i get my replacement motor in. right now i need to cut some cardboard to jam in the window to keep it up.
- lostforawhile, Moultrie, GA, US
I have automatic windows. I rolled the window down with the auto button, and it got stuck half way down. I was coming home from a trip, and it was 35 degrees outside. I had to drive 1.5 hours with the window almost completely down. I was on the interstate going about 75 MPH. Combine that with the fact that it was 35 degrees outside, and it got cold quick. It cost about $350 to get it fixed. You can't have a window that doesn't close. Thanksfully, it did not rain....nor did I get frostbite.
- Matthew W., Raleigh, NC, US
Not long after I bought this car used, the driver's window motor started to go out right away. The passenger side is also slow and probably doesn't have much life left to it.
- cinci, Stevens Point, WI, US