Drivers side window will only roll down about an inch.

[Somewhere in Time]

My drivers side window will only roll down about an 1" then stops. Regulator? Help

Thanks,
Alex

She's a delicate little flower but I do love her.

 

[Fatboy 18]

Check this out http://forums.viperclub.org/illustrated-upgrades/625703-help-window-regulator.html

 

[Somewhere in Time]

Check this out http://forums.viperclub.org/illustrated-upgrades/625703-help-window-regulator.html

Thank you. Will remove the door panel tonight and inspect.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Just curious, what does a new regulator cost nowadays?

 

[dave6666]

Just curious, what does a new regulator cost nowadays?

LOL you still got inventory?

To the OP... Sounds like you have quite few loose ends to wrap up on your new car.

 

[Fatboy 18]

Trouble is that is all one part, so to answer your question...Lots


Alex,
You might want to check the contacts inside your window switches too before pulling everything apart. The contacts can get dirty, if you pry out the centre console dash, its easy to get to the switches, you can take the switches apart and clean the silver contacts up. Ive had to do this a couple of times in my years of ownership

If you do find that the wires holding the shuttle are chewed up inside the winding of the regulator, don't panic. This happened to me. I removed the winding cover (carefully drilling off the lip of the shaft flange) and untangled the wires.

To straighten the wires I held one end of the wire in a vice, then applied some heat using a small gas torch while pulling on the wire. It did not get the wires completely straight but its good enough I also found it easier to attach the wires to the shuttle first then place the winding back on the spindle shaft.
After replacing the cover you need to secure it, to do this I drilled a small hole into the end of the shaft then fitted a small washer with a self tapping screw.

Its not the greatest job to do, but If you want to save yourself a whole load of monies its worth it, 2 yrs on mine is still working fine

If you get stuck at any point, im here to help
Mark

Oh one other thing, also check the wires between the switches and the door, If you open the door pull back the rubber covering the wires and check them for brakes! One of mine was broken

 

[Martin]

First thing to do is figure out if it's electrical or mechanical. When you're trying to roll the window down, and after the window stops moving, do you hear the window motor running? If you do hear it running, can you roll the window back up?

If the answer to both questions above are "yes" then try the following. With the window starting in full-up position, put a little pressure on it with your hand as you're rolling it down. If it continues to go down, and then goes up nice and smoothly, the problem is that your window came off the track. There's an adhesive in there that has a nasty tendency to give up. If that's the problem, you can either live with it by continuing to push down on the window any time you want to open it, or do a search for the right adhesive (someone listed it a while ago), open up the door, and stick the window back in place.

 

[Somewhere in Time]

Thanks for the responses. Big help!

 

[01rt10outlaw]

happened to me right after I boughtmine, it was the switch, flipped them and see if it works with passenger side switch.

 

[cyaford]

My drivers side window will only roll down about an 1" then stops. Regulator? Help

Thanks,
Alex

She's a delicate little flower but I do love her.

I had this same problem, but with my passenger side window. The window would roll down about an inch, and then slow down to a stop over the next inch. The window would go right back up with no problem. I took the door panel apart, thinking surely it was the regulator. Nope. The plastic guide that fits onto the metal rail that the glass goes into had come off. This was at the rail towards the front of the car. The window was hitting the plastic guide when going down. I worked it back into position and BAM, a fully functional power window.

 

[Somewhere in Time]

happened to me right after I boughtmine, it was the switch, flipped them and see if it works with passenger side switch.

I'll give that a shot, thanks.