EVERYONE DESLIKES A NEWBIE......HEY NEED HELP WITH THE WINDOW REGULATOR, OF COURSE. ALL THE TYPICAL MAXIMA PROBLEMS, I HAVE THEM. THANKS TO YOU GUYS I RESET MY TOUCH PADS. BACK WINDOW ARE PROPPED UP, BECAUSE OF WINDOW REGULATORS. GOOD CAR, ONE OWNER BEFORE ME BUT THEY WERE AN OLDER COUPLE THAT DIDN'T DO THE MAINTENANCE OF ANYTHING(STOCK AIR FILTER AT 113,000 MILES)BUT IT IS A '90 IN GOOD SHAPE RUNS STRONG AS COULD BE AND GOT IT CHEAP(UNDER 3). I HAVE NEVER DONE ANY MODS TO A FOREIGN CARS BUT HAVE DONE SOME COOL THINGS WITH CHEVIES. NEED SERIOUS HELP WITH THE WINDOWS, I DON'T EVEN THINK I CAN DO IT MYSELF, BUT AM ABOUT TO HAVE WINDOWS TINTED, SHOULD I JUST LEAVE THE WINDOWS UP FOREVER OR CAN SOMEONE HELP ME, I KNOW THE MOTORS WORK. CABLE LOOKS A LITTLE TOO BINDED TO EVEN BE FIXED. COULD BE WRONG THOUGH. THANKS TRAVASS

 

Go to http://www.kalebonline.com and look under tutorials. You need new window regulators. He gives the part numbers and everything you need. and you can order this stuff at http://www.courtesy-nissan.com They also give a discount to maxima.org members.

And please stop yelling at me.

 

The newbies must have all the non-working windows. I have the same problem with both rear windows. Another stupid question. How do you know for sure if you need regulators or motors? If you can hear the motor run I assume you need the regulator. Is that right?

Martha

 

This is a very common problem, that almost everyone deals with at sometime, and I have never seen it be anything but the regulators.

 

You don't need a motor. Unless you've burned it up somehow. If anyone tries to sell you a motor they're cheating you, since they cost like $300 or something. You just need a regulator.

-K

 

Do any of you guys know how to get the panel out? So far, I've unscrewed the 2 screws underneath the door handle.

 

here's a link to the instructions on my website.. (see, I told ya it's a common problem! I've had to type it out so many times, I just stuck the instructions on my website!)

http://24.1.29.190/blehm/maxima_stuf...0procedure.txt

http://24.1.29.190/blehm/maxima_stuf...%20removal.txt

 

 

I guess when you change those window reg so many times, 4 times now, 92 se & 93 se, both rear windows, first what I did, I bended a metal hanger and had my rear windows stuck for like a year, then I finally decided to cash in and get those damn regulators. Whenever u gonna change them, don't forget to actually get the motor out from your old regulator and screw it on the new one...Just don't want you to run in the same prob like I did once, put the new reg in. almost was done, and then realized i didn't put the motor in....Good luck, its pretty easy, shouldnt take long.

 

heheh LOL that's gotta suck!!

that's also half the reason I just fixed my regulators when they broke.. don't have to mess with the hassle of ordering parts, wait forever, blah blah blah.. jsut go out into the garage and screw around for an hour or so.. then it's fixed.. nothing to it!

 

Talk about a common problem i have paper stuck in between mines to hold the rear driver side window up

 

my rear drivers side window is starting to make a grrrrrrhhhh sound. is the reg going out? just wondering since you guys are talking about is. hey cool i just saw a pearl white 3rd gen se in a movie on hbo....uh dead by dawn.

 

most likely, couple more times you gonna roll the window down, and your reg will be out.

 

Believe me, a LOT of people have had that same problem, Stae. So you aren't alone in the world. I just bought the regulator from Courtesy the other day (exactly $55.64, not including shipping) and got it in the mail this evening. I will be dropping it in tomorrow, because I'm tired of freezing my @$$ off. Oh, and thanx Kaleb for the part number, and thanx Matt for the instructions.

 

I just replaced my window regulator for the drivers door. '90 SE. easy, plain and simple. 9 screws (10mm). in and out 20 min.

thanks for the info...

 

wow... this thread is 4 years old

takes me about 10-15 minues per door to do a full regulator job.

 

hmm so you can do window work just by taking panel off? that metal welded piece between window and panel allows you room to change regulator without removing it?

by the way, what exactly is the regulator? heh. cause ever since i got the car one of my rear windows had a problem (didnt really care about that window), but now as of a few days ago my passengers side window has a DIFFERENT problem (Care about that window). The rear window doesn't move at all. I try to move it down, the motor makes a faint and anemic sound and the window fails to move. The PASSENGER side though is a much different problem. The other day after rolling my window all the way down, I heard a SNAP, and it wouldnt roll up. I thought I mighta broken the track or something, and took door panel off to investigate. Turns out the little cable falls off track and KEEPS falling off. Also noticed a new scratch on window so I think something broke in there =(. I learned that I CAN roll the window down, its on track, but whenever I try to roll it up it wont and it FALLS down (wont stay up without my holding it). Right now i have it duct taped up, looks really ghetto! Which of these problems sounds more like the traditional maxima window problem?

 

they both sound like the regulator problem. if you replace them both they should work fine.

you can change the regulator by removing the door panel and moving the plastic that is over the metal. there is enough room to pull the regulator out, its just take a bit of moving around to do.

 

thats awesome, thanks. at least the regulators arent expensive and sound not too hard, i was afraid it was something that would be a ***** to fix. ill check out some tutorials for that

 

I had my passanger side rear window duct taped up for a while too, it sucks but I got tired of it so I took the door panel apart and wedged a 2x4 in there to hold up the window, but gitting that tape off the glass was a pain in the ***! I tryed alot of stuff but the only thing that got it off was goof off. I got it at a hardware store and it works great! Just thought I would let you know I'm goin threw the same thing

 

One cold winter both my rear regs went... Got ****ed and tied the cables so the windows wouldn't move.... heh, it sucks.