Now first off im going to say i didn't do a whole lot of searching because frankly im kinda freaking out about this little prob thats turning into a big one. My window on my 98 ex has been kinda slow for awhile but i didnt think much of it until today. When i rolled it up it got about 1" from the top and i guess kinda fell off track. The window didnt fall into the door or anything but it wont go all the way up...and so now you can pretty much push the window down and or pull it up. Which obviously isnt good for keeping water or thieves for that matter out.....any ideas? Im sure i can get it fixed at a reapir shop but my wallet isn't really prepped for that....is this a common prob that someone with a bit of mechanical intuition could fix?

 

open up your door panel and take a look... it just fell of the track is all

 

this is a common problem...

to put the window back on track ur gonna have to take off ur door panel & unbolt the bottom of the track & slide the window back in

also dont forget to use some silicone lube spray to keep this from happening again

 

hey did you get it fixed? i also had the same problem, FYI honda techs will lube your window for free. well atleast for me they did......just tell them whats goin on,

 

Im taking off the door panel as we speak. Im hoping i can fix it becuase it didnt totally fall off the track becuase it moves fine until about the last inch...but we will see

 

I have a 96 civic and have had the same window problems as you. I have put the back on track over a hundred times, I even bought new window tracks nothing fixed the windows so I have rigged it off the track to go up and down and seal the window tightly. You just have to do some manovering when putting the window up.

 

apparently the window motor regulator or some **** is broken....honda says 2 or 300 dollars to fix...just dandy

 

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AKA window motor - yeah they go after awhile - it's a decade old car - expect them to be sluggish.

Try pushing up on the window while u roll it up - sometimes it just needs some more boost if the motor is going.

 

i suppose, they have been sluggish for awhile...i just didnt think it would totally **** out.....and it came at the worst time

 

Honda wants 300$ to do this...i found some motors that are brand new for 50$. Im wondring if anyone has done this before? It dosnt seem like an easy task but if its possible it would be nice to save the 250$....does anyone perhaps have a write up on how the swapped out their window motors?

 

anyone?

 

 

junkyard maybe. Electrical motors are expensive /sad story