Ok yesterday me and my dad were putting in a used engine in my 90GXE and he went to start it up it ran fine so he cut it off then i check the the oil level to see if it is correct and all of a sudden the driver side window just rools up on its own and it wont come back down but all the other windows work like they are supposed to. Does anyone know why this happened or has it happened to anyone else? I need help any help will be greatly appreciated


P S sorry for the long post

 

maximas have ghetto window regulators...that may be the problem. i had to replace my rear drivers side one when i first got my car..it rolled down and wouldnt go back up

 

Could be a bad connection in one of the wires (causing a ground to roll the windows up?) or a bad power window switch always contacting. Don't know about the Maxima, but on some Nissans, I think the power window circuit goes through some sort of body control module and that could be malfunctioning (a Nissan tech was showing me how he could control everything with a Consult one time, don't remember which Nissan it was though...)

-V

 

Thanks for the info ill check into that

 

That is how the window regulators typically fail. Every time that a window is rolled up against the upper part of the door frame, the motor is stalled against the cable drive system, causing a lot of stress on an off-set plastic part. Eventually the plastic ages, gets brittle, and will fail at any time after several years of operation.

The new regulators, available for under $60 at several places, are reinforced in the area of failure, and are fairly easy to install.

 

How about giving me a list of places cause i dont want to go to a junkyard and get one cause I might wind up with the same prob

 

DON'T, I REPEAT, DON'T SPEND THE $60 ON A NEW REGULATOR!!

I have a way to fix it free of cost. Usually, when the regulator fails, it is just the small plastic piece that binds the cable to the mechanism that slides the window up and down. Take the door panel off, (Use Craig B's site for instructions) and get the regulator off. You should be able to see the broken plastic piece. On the cable is a metal stopper that should be attatched to the broken plastic piece. Take a small machine screw *SMALL!* and screw it in where a small metal piece juts in and forms a 90 degree angle. Make sure the screw clamps onto the metal stopper and replace the regulator! This worked perfectly on my window and if it happens to the others, this is a great 1 cent fix to an all to common problem. Spread the word on how to do this it works flawlessly!

 

DON'T, I REPEAT, DON'T SPEND THE $60 ON A NEW REGULATOR!!

I have a way to fix it free of cost. Usually, when the regulator fails, it is just the small plastic piece that binds the cable to the mechanism that slides the window up and down. Take the door panel off, (Use Craig B's site for instructions) and get the regulator off. You should be able to see the broken plastic piece. On the cable is a metal stopper that should be attatched to the broken plastic piece. Take a small machine screw *SMALL!* and screw it in where the small metal piece juts in and forms a 90 degree angle. Make sure the screw clamps onto the metal stopper and replace the regulator! This worked perfectly on my window and if it happens to the others, this is a great 1 cent fix to an all to common problem. Spread the word on how to do this it works flawlessly!

 

Thanks for the info man you just saved me quite a bit of money

 

Not a problem