Hi again guys and gals,
I left work today and the driver side window on my 2000 Grand Prix self destructed. Well i took the door apart and took the regulator apart. I called the dealer and boy is that part expensive. Is there an alternative?? Aftermarket or a place where i can aford to replace it?? Any and all sugestions will be appriciated??
Thanks again all of you for this great forum board. This is the best way to get the best info i know.
Al

Unfortunately, this is a common problem. I have a 1998 and have replaced all the window regulators at over $400 each. Working on my 5th, but I refuse to take it back to the dealership. Check out DirectAuto.com. The site advertises regulators for $67.95, lifetime warranty. Good luck.

Mike

i've found it interesting how common this window regulator problem seems to be with the grand prix. anybody know why this is the case?

anyway, i've got a 2000 GTP sedan and have had really good look overall with the car. we do minimal maintenance, have over 91,000 miles, and it has never left us stranded. so no complaints about this... but, i (like many others on this forum) was so frustrated at being hosed for $500 to have my driver's side window regulator replaced last summer. of course it broke in the middle of a torrential downpour and with a WHUMP the glass dropped below the weatherstripping on the door panel so i couldn't even tape it shut.

then, this spring, the passenger side front window started making the same straining or creaking sounds that the driver side had made a few months before breaking. it hasn't broken yet, but i'm waiting. so last week, the drivers side rear window made a snapping noise and became disabled! that window is rarely used! i saw that someone had said on this forum that once the first one breaks they seem to keep breaking at the rate of one per year. ridiculous!

does anyone know if the remodeled (2004+) GPs have the same window regulator as the 97 - 2003?


so here was my fix for the rear drivers side window:

1. remove door panel and window regulator from door (after detaching from window)

2. disassemble cable spool from motor and remove cables from spool.

3. reinsert cable studded ends into the plastic housing on the window guide bracket (the piece that slides up/down and to which the window attaches).

4. reinstall window regulator (with free end cables) back into door. attach window. pull top side cable tight, wrap through a couple sheet metal holes, and crimp the cable underneath one of the screw heads which fasten the regulator to the door.

5. reinstall door panel.

voila! one nonworking window that is sealed closed! and all for the price of a torx head screwdriver. as a bonus, my car is lighter by a couple pounds too (the weight of the motor assembly) so i might get better gas mileage...

a temporary fix, i realize. but this way i have time to research which online offbrand window regulators others on this forum have had luck with...

This happened on the '97 I used to have and on the '99 I currently have. Both times my switch died at the same time, too. I don't think it's just on the GP's, either. I've got several friends who own or have owned Oldsmobile Aleros that had the same problem. It's probably all GM vehicles that use that particular window motor regulator. Too bad GM hasn't recalled it. They make too much money fixing them to recall a non-safety issue like this.

i geuss theres one upside of manual crank windows, not having to worry about replacing expensive power window parts...