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driving to work yesterday and went to put the drivers window up and it just didn't want to go. this has happened a bit lately and normally i just hit the door trim and it goes up. this time, though, it didn't. i've removed the trim and tried to help it up. put a bit of wd40 on the tracks but still no. when i push the button for it to go up, the regulator ticks but nothing happens. is it common for r33 s1 regulators to go or even the motor? got quoted $120 for the regulator and $295 for the motor assembly. was expecting about $50 for the regulator. anyone got one for sale? what do you think i should do?

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Might be worth pulling it apart. Does the window go down still?

My passenger window would go up but not down, but the drivers side controls worked fine with it. I opened up the switch and the contacts just needed cleaning. I'm pretty sure they run a fair bit of current through them so they tend to arc and corrode over.

I had a similar problem with mine, hit the regulator and it went up. I pulled it apart, checked out the circuit baord and sure enough there were dry soldered joints. Have a look over the circuit board, you will see terminals coming through it that the solder has let go of. There will be a ring around the terminal where the solder isnt touching. Get a small soldering iron, put a drop of solder on it and all is good. Let me know how you get on.

Ken

ken, you are the man.

you just saved me between $120 and $160 for a 2nd hand one. that was the problem exactly. the hardest part was pulling it apart. took me about 5 mins all up to fix, and that included warming up the soldering iron. very easy to do. should've taken photos and turned it in to a tutorial. sounds like a common problem. thanks heaps for the help mate

Craig

ken, you are the man.

you just saved me between $120 and $160 for a 2nd hand one. that was the problem exactly. the hardest part was pulling it apart. took me about 5 mins all up to fix, and that included warming up the soldering iron. very easy to do. should've taken photos and turned it in to a tutorial. sounds like a common problem. thanks heaps for the help mate

Craig

No sweat, glad to help out.

on my s2 96 gts4 my drivers window is a bit wobbly but it goes up and down okay. however, on the passenger side it goes down ok but struggles on its way up it also makes a slightly louder noise? any suggestions what it could be

Same deal by the sounds.

Myself and a mate worked on his 32 with the same problem...open up the circuit board, find the related areas to the window respectively, and check for corrosion and rust. If so, cut it off, burn up some new solder and drip her on. Make sure there is oodles of power going to it aswell. if these things are ok, theyll shoot up and down in a jiffy.

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