the other day my driver side window stopped working...took the door apart and noticed a rattle where the regulator is...noticed that the smallest little plastic part fall out..called around and was told that i have to replace everything...ie..motor, regulator ect. is that true? and it costs $115 for a tiny little part...please help, thanks
I suspect the part is molded/pressed into the cable that's part of the regulator assembly. You might be able to glue/fix it for a few minutes, but it would break pretty fast. A new regulator assembly does not come with the motor, you have to take the motor off the old regulator & attach it to the new one. I seem to recall the regulators are more like $70 new from the dealer (It's been a few years) I think Grubbs Nissan (Courtesy also?) offers a discount for web orders. I would trust a new regulator MUCH more than used (Then tend to fail around 100k miles, and a junkyard one will fail soon).
Gary K
It's unlikely you need to replace the motor. The Window Regulator Unit is a very common failure on the Maxima. Check
They're about $60-70. And easy to replace yourself.
Bill G '91 SE Auto
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