Altima 00' front driver side window stuck
Altima 00' front driver side window stuck
I have removed the door panel and my goal was to just raise the window back into place, I know it's not the fuse because the other windows work fine so it must be the motor. My question here is how can I unlock the window so I can lift it back up into place, or how (if at all possible) do I remove the metal plate thats preventing me from getting a full view of the window. A friend suggested unhooking the wire that brings the window up and down but wouldn't that just cause it to fall into the door and break. Anyway any tips/info would be great. As you can probably tell I'm no car guru but If you need to get into great detail please do and I'll get my cousin to translate. Thanks in advance.
Re: Altima 00' front driver side window stuck (unluckym)
I'm not sure how the 2000 Altima's door looks like, but I can talk about the 08 A/C, hopefully they're similar. (The following images borrowed from an A/C "passenger" door with B-Quiet sound insulation already applied on top of the metal plate.)
Once you're removed the door panel, remove the 4 or 6 nuts around outer edges of the metal plate. Those are the ones holding the metal plate to the door frame:
Within the metal plate remove 4 nuts that are holding up 2 metal rods behind the metal plate (they are at the 2 and 4 o'clock position for the right vertical rod, and 10 and 7 o'clock position for the left vertical rod).
Those 2 rods are what holding up the window glass rails as it goes up and down:
Warning: if you take off the metal rods according to the following instructions, they are kindda hard to put back on. You will then probably need to push those 4 bolts where you've just removed the nuts from, back into door so the metal plate will be free. At this time you can move the metal plate out of the way a little bit to see behind it, but you still can't remove it completely because the motor is attached to the metal plate and the wires for the motor is connected to the window's rails.
If you need full access back there, you will need to remove the 1 nut in the middle of the metal plate that's holding the motor. Remember where and how everything goes so you can put them back on later.
Putting the metal plate back is the hard part. You will need at least another person to help you. You will need one arm of the helping person to hold up the glass window all the way up because you've removed the 2 metal rods holding the rails up. Start putting the left rod back first. You need to aim the left rod so that the bolts will poke through the holes on the metal plate so that you can put the nuts back on. In order to do this, I advise that you remove the speaker so that you have a place to put your arm through the back and push the metal rod forward for the bolts to poke through. It takes some effort and patience because you have to push the rod pretty hard in order to be able to have enough slack on the bolts to put the nuts back on. After that left rod is finished, move on the to right rod that's nearer to the speaker and do the same thing. Then put the speaker back and put the 4 or 6 nuts back to secure the metal plate to the door frame.
Done!
Once you're removed the door panel, remove the 4 or 6 nuts around outer edges of the metal plate. Those are the ones holding the metal plate to the door frame:
Within the metal plate remove 4 nuts that are holding up 2 metal rods behind the metal plate (they are at the 2 and 4 o'clock position for the right vertical rod, and 10 and 7 o'clock position for the left vertical rod).
Those 2 rods are what holding up the window glass rails as it goes up and down:
Warning: if you take off the metal rods according to the following instructions, they are kindda hard to put back on. You will then probably need to push those 4 bolts where you've just removed the nuts from, back into door so the metal plate will be free. At this time you can move the metal plate out of the way a little bit to see behind it, but you still can't remove it completely because the motor is attached to the metal plate and the wires for the motor is connected to the window's rails.
If you need full access back there, you will need to remove the 1 nut in the middle of the metal plate that's holding the motor. Remember where and how everything goes so you can put them back on later.
Putting the metal plate back is the hard part. You will need at least another person to help you. You will need one arm of the helping person to hold up the glass window all the way up because you've removed the 2 metal rods holding the rails up. Start putting the left rod back first. You need to aim the left rod so that the bolts will poke through the holes on the metal plate so that you can put the nuts back on. In order to do this, I advise that you remove the speaker so that you have a place to put your arm through the back and push the metal rod forward for the bolts to poke through. It takes some effort and patience because you have to push the rod pretty hard in order to be able to have enough slack on the bolts to put the nuts back on. After that left rod is finished, move on the to right rod that's nearer to the speaker and do the same thing. Then put the speaker back and put the 4 or 6 nuts back to secure the metal plate to the door frame.
Done!
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Re: Altima 00' front driver side window stuck (unluckym)
My dad had a 2001 Altima GXE and we had the same problem - of course, it happened on a day when it was a god damn monsoon outside. We found out that his car was manufactured in Arizona and that most 2000 and 2001 Altimas that came from Arizona had issues with the driver side window motor due to high temperatures in Arizona. This information came from Nissan. You may want to contact Nissan motors and inquire about this because they replaced my dad's motor for free and the labor cost nothing because it was a recall.
Could be worth looking into my friend
Could be worth looking into my friend