I bought my 94 Altima used back in April with a problem that the previuos owner promised he would fix for me. unfortunately after months of him avoiding me it is still not fixed and now I am thinking of fixing it by myself. I have very limited knowledge of cars, but he said it is an easy replacement so I figured I would investigate. I do not know exactly what is wrong with the window, but I will give you all that I know and you might be able to piece together what the probable cause is.
The previous owner said that the problem could be fxed with a $10 item and it should take about 15 minutes to replace.
He said that the problem started when water got into the door mechanism.
When I first got the car, the window would neither go up or down. Since then I have gotten it to work twice, but after each time it would get stuck and would take a very long time, i.e. weeks, before I could get it to go back up. After the last time I did it which was in June, it has stayed down and refused to budge (which is why I need it fixed).
It is only the driver's side window; all other three windows function normally.
I was thinking it might be the motor shorted, but that is just a guess. I was hoping someone more knowledgable that I could figure out the problem from these symptoms and let me know if it is fixable on my own or if I should bring it in. Thanks so much!
it could be, so the only resolution i have is replace the whole regulater, if thats it, since it doesnt seem to be an electrical problem, that happened to my girlfriend's camry, went to a junk yard, got it, replaced in about 10 minutes...it costs about 20 bucks i think...and it still there...taking off the door panel is quick on the altima (my 1993) and would think its the same for a 94...but yeah that's all i can think of...good luck!
Forget about the motor or other mechanism,The problem is the Power Window Amplifier [Black Box only in the 93/94 years] take the door panel out[front & rear] and try the back door Window Amplifier in the front door.
Charles.you can't fix the amplifier,when you take the door panel out,you can see the box in the middle of the door with two screws,my email is ; glynka@aol.com ;send me yours to send you pics of the amplifier;good luck.
Charles better yet;check in Ebay for "Power Window Amplifier",there are a few guys offering the "black box" but asking too much $$$$ ;better go to your local yunkyard go with the door panel out and try a few for around $15/each.
I had similar symptoms w/ my 94. I like to drive w/ the window down even in light rain. Water would drip into the master switch on the driver’s door. The “auto-down” feature stopped working and then 4 months later the window’s motor began to cut out intermittently. The switch would work again after a few hours. The other windows worked fine just the drivers window had the problem.
Finally replaced the power window master switch, which fixed the problem.
Ebay has them for about $30.00.
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