Ok, so your window motor went out and you don't want to take it to the stealership to get it fixed (and leave you broke). They aren't that expensive (i paid 59.99 plus $14 for the core). this article will show you how to replace your old motor with the new one.
1. first and most importantly, if you can, make sure that your window is in the furthest up postion, then use tape and tape it up into that postion.
2. now time to take off the door panel, first start with the switch plate, it's held in there with small clips. All you have to do is get a screw driver underneath the panel and pry it out carefully.
3. to take the wire connectors off of the switch you have to pull up on a tab on the top and bottom of the switch, you'll see what i mean when you actually look at it. the switch should just pop out of the panel then.
4. take the screw out of the door pull handle
5. this is the tool you might want to get to pull the door panel away from the door. you can also use a screw driver but i've found this to be a superior tool to the screw driver.
6. pull the door panel out a little bit and you'll see the white door retainer clips. Insert the tool and use it as a lever to pull the door retainer out . there are 10 or 11 along the left, right and bottom sides of the door panel. when you have all the retainers removed pull up on the door panel and it should pop right out and be free.
7. This is what you'll see next, minus the duct tape. This is the second time i've done this. and it requires removing the weather shield (but i'll get into that next.). The black metal is the inner door panel and the tan colored paper is weather shielding.
8. Now remove the weather shielding, it's held on with some double sided tape. After you remove the weather shielding this is what you'll be looking at.
9. this is the motor, only the back end of it can be seen through the hole in the inner door panel. you can also see the wire connector that runs the power to the motor. to disconnect this just push down on the clip onto of the connector and pull it out. My finger is on the clip that you need to push down to remove the connector.
10. this is a picture of what you can see of the window actuator and gear. this is the gear that pushes the window up and down.
11. Now comes the hard part (or at least the part that took me the most time.) you need to remove the 4 rivets (they are actually bolts with nuts in my picture because this is the second time i've done this and the bolts and nuts are what came with the replacement motor) that mount the window motor/actuator assembly to the inner door panel. i used a grinder to get most of the rivet then a cold chisel to remove it the rest of the way. they are fairly large rivets.
12. next you'll need to remove the screws that hold the inner door panel to the door. there are about 10 - 12 of them and they are on the outside edge of the inner door panel.
13. now slide your hand behind the door panel and pull the motor/actuator assembly the the left (it might be to the right if your doing this on the driver side). by pulling the assembly to the left your pulling the wheels out of thier guides so you can remove the assembly from behind the inner door panel and make your job much easier.
14. this is the window motor/actuator assembley. not much too it really.
15. notice how these two holes line up. insert a small screwdriver though these holes, now your ready to take the old motor off the actuator and install the new one.
if you do not put a screwdriver in this hole when you remove the old motor the spring will release all its tension and possibly cause harm to you or others in the area.
16. install the new motor using the screws that came with the new motor.
17. put the motor/actuator assembly back into the door, make sure that the two white wheels on the actuator assembly go into the guide that is attached to the window and the single black wheel goes into the guide that is on the inside of the inner door panel.
18. use the 4 screws that came with the new motor to attach the actuator assembly to the inner door panel, remember those 4 rivets you grounded, pounded, dynamited off?? this is where those four bolts go.
19. reattach the inner door panel to the door
20. connect the electrical plug to the back of the motor, untape the window and give it a test. hopefully it works
21. re-installation of the door panel is the opposite of the removel.