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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / February 2007Electric window repairs.
I have an 1985 Mercury Marquis. The car is in great shape. But all 4 electric windows are sluggish or don't work. What kind of place would be the best at repairing it? Dealer? Independent? Body shop? Since body shops work on the exterior of car and replace doors etc from accidents I thought they might be best. Or not? When I looked in the repair manual for this repair. IT had no instructions. All i said is "take to dealer". So it must be very complex. I can drive the car with windows permanently up. A friend had one electric window repaired and it cost $260. Thats to expensive. Also would a body shop charge less per hour than a repair shop? I owned a 1986 Ford Crown Victoria LTD car.The right rear window was very sluggish,would not go all the way up unless I held the switch on with my knee and used both of my hands to help pull the window up.Someone told me there is a kit available,new roller bushings,something like that.I sold the car before I ever got around to repairing the window mechanism. cuhulin > I have an 1985 Mercury Marquis. The car is in great shape. But all 4 > electric windows are sluggish or don't work. What kind of place would [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Also would a body shop charge less per hour than a repair shop? It is not terribly complicated, although it may result in scraped knuckles and minor cuts, and I would get an estimate from an independent. A dealership is more likely to gouge you, at least here in the USA. A body shop can do it, as can an independent general mechanic. There are aftermarket replacements for the electric motors and these may be much cheaper than a dealer only part. Quality varies however. For some of the non electric parts, if they must be replaced, your mechanic of choice may be forced to buy from the manufacturer unless they are available at local wrecking yards. >> I have an 1985 Mercury Marquis. The car is in great shape. But all 4 >> electric windows are sluggish or don't work. What kind of place would [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > There are aftermarket replacements for the electric motors and these may be > much cheaper than a dealer only part. Quality varies however. In my limited experience with four Grand Marquises, when the window doesn't work at all it's usually because the nylon gear disintegrated. The gear is available separately, and it's easier to replace the gear in the motor assembly than it is to get the motor assembly in and out of the door.  Signature"Nowadays, security guys break the Mac every single day. Every single day, they come out with a total exploit, your machine can be taken over totally. I dare anybody to do that once a month on the Windows machine." -- Bill Gates, in an interview with Newsweek's Steven Levy >I have an 1985 Mercury Marquis. The car is in great shape. But all 4 >electric windows are sluggish or don't work. What kind of place would >be the best at repairing it? Dealer? Independent? Body shop? Sluggishness is easy to deal with, and is a matter of just doing some lubrication. Not working is a matter of some diagnostic work and depends on what is broken. >Since body shops work on the exterior of car and replace doors etc from >accidents I thought they might be best. Or not? Maybe, but they might not be cheap. >When I looked in the repair manual for this repair. IT had no >instructions. All i said is "take to dealer". So it must be very >complex. What repair manual do you have? The shop manual will have info on the whole system. >I can drive the car with windows permanently up. A friend had one >electric window repaired and it cost $260. Thats to expensive. Remember, to get into any of this stuff requires taking the whole door panel apart, which is a pain. You pay for that labour. If the motor needs to be replaced, you pay for that too. >Also would a body shop charge less per hour than a repair shop? Probably more. In general, specialists will charge more per hour than general repair people. --scott Signature"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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