Not sure if this qualifies as a repair... more of a repair avoidance or workaround. The power windows in the backseat of our 2001 Suburban haven't worked in a while. The repair estimate was way too high to justify the once or twice per year that we actually roll them down. But lately they have started falling when I hit a bump, sometimes quite violently. At first it was just one, but now both at random times. It's easy enough to just physically pull them back up after stopping, but today I decided to "fix" the problem.
I removed the door panels and used some plastic tie wraps to secure them in the up position by looping it around the mechanism that slides up and down the rails. Then I decided the tie wraps might not be strong enough and might wear against the metal edges, so I added some steel wire. I also disconnected the wire harness from the motor and also from the up/down switch.
While the panels were off, I thought about actually fixing them. Both motors *seem* to work fine, but the whole cable system is a mess and beyond repair. The two regulators would have been about $100. But after watching a YouTube video, it looked like a pretty big job just to get the old system out and the new one in. Plus I wasn't really sure about the motors. Too much time and money when we don't really even use the rear windows. So they are now locked in the up position.
I removed the door panels and used some plastic tie wraps to secure them in the up position by looping it around the mechanism that slides up and down the rails. Then I decided the tie wraps might not be strong enough and might wear against the metal edges, so I added some steel wire. I also disconnected the wire harness from the motor and also from the up/down switch.
While the panels were off, I thought about actually fixing them. Both motors *seem* to work fine, but the whole cable system is a mess and beyond repair. The two regulators would have been about $100. But after watching a YouTube video, it looked like a pretty big job just to get the old system out and the new one in. Plus I wasn't really sure about the motors. Too much time and money when we don't really even use the rear windows. So they are now locked in the up position.