first off let me start off with getting my anger out. son-of-a-b*tch bastard piece oh ****e c**k suckin' cattle ra*pist..... ok i'm better now. well i was getting ready to wax my car yesterday and i went to roll the windows up when i noticed my friggin window behind the driver's seat wouldn't roll up. me and a friend took the whole door apart and found that some of the cable for the window SOMEHOW got rolled underneath the pulley on the motor. has anyone had problems similiar to this? can i fix it myself? how much will and new motor cost? i did a search on the forums buti didn't find anyting useful. please help, thanks guys

 

that would be your window regulator gone bad; you probably dont need a new motor, just the regulator itself
if you can hear the motor operating when you hit the swithc, then it's allright

 

might be the regulator, i know people have had problems with the wires getting all messed up when the regulator goes bad.

 

well do u guys know how to fix it? or should i take it somewhere to get it fixed? man this sucks. exactly what part is the regulator? sorry for all the questions, i'm just really frustrated right now. thanks a lot for the help guys

 

theres not really a "fix" for it. its just the type of thing where you have to buy a new one and put it in. this is really common. just call up courtesy nissan, ask for a new window regulator, and then put it in. craig has a nice how to on how to put the new one in. basically what happens is this little piece of plastic breaks in the regulator, and your window falls, since this is what is used to hold the window up. the new ones are supposed to be heavier duty and arent supposed to break as easily. i've had all 4 of mine replaced. cost is around $50 per regulator.

 

but is that why the cable rolled underneath the pulley?

 

could very well be. the piece of plastic that breaks squeezes up against the cable, and this is what holds the window up. when the plastic breaks, the cable could just about go anywhere. just to make sure though, see if you can get the cable unrolled and back to normal, then try the window.

 

is there any way to take that pulley thing off to get the cable out? because me and my dad tried for like half an hour to get that friggin' cable out but we couldn't pull it out

 

i'm not real sure what you mean by the pulley. the whole thing in there is basically one unit, so these directions should help. you may just have to fiddle with it for a while since its all tangled up. this is on craigs website.


http://www.geocities.com/bracecraig/...regulator.html

 

I've fixed all of my regulators, but there's no specific procedure to do it. either you can see how to fix it or not. if you've tried to get the cable unwound and can't figure it out on your own, then jsut buy a new one. I know a lot of us here are on a budget, but fighting with those things for 5 hours, then having to break down and buy another one anyway really ****es people off.. so I'm telling you now to stop screwing with it and just buy another.

the EXACT part numbers are on kaleb's website (www.kalebonline.com. go to maxima garage, then the FAQ page), if you're that picky about it. otherwise just call up a nissan dealer and tell them you need a regulator and fork over the $ and be done with it.