99 Power window failure

[Gammaray]

Hi all

Looking at buying a 99 conquest, but front power windows have died - won't work at all. Any idea what might be the cause and how much its likely to cost to fix?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Regards, Steve

[Ha Le]

Should be easy fix mate, cost per set of motor/regulator $41 (self-serve car wrecker) eBay much higher + shipping cost.

Replacing requires minimal skills, just some screws and there are plenty of video on internet

Source: done it myself, for the rear though but pretty much the same.

[Gammaray]

Thanks for the reply Ha, good to know.

Though I didn't make properly clear that both ceased to work at the same time, which would seem to indicate some other cause. Just spoke to a mechanic friend and he sugguests its likely a control switch which is apparently $200-300 to buy, plus install. Any other thoughts most welcome.

[STYLSH]

I hope he is saying install as free as it is a 1min job. The control itself from toyota is about 500.

[Ha Le]

If I understood correctly, you meant the control switches just assembled in the door yeah? (Like you operate it with your fingers, not some hidden place - which I don't believe so)

These one can be bought for $13 (single - like the passenger one), or $50~$60 (set of 4 - driver one) - but again these are prices from wrecker yard. But I saw couple of times on Gumtree for about 50% higher price.

Install would be even easier, just a pocket knife will do the job. Unplug the wiring and replace it.

[Gammaray]

I hope he is saying install as free as it is a 1min job. The control itself from toyota is about 500.

Thanks for the reply, nice to know its an easy job. He's more 'friend of a friend', but I'm sure he'd be happy to do it for a bottle of wine or the like! Or maybe I could even do it myself. The ~$300 cost is obviously from a wrecker.

If I understood correctly, you meant the control switches just assembled in the door yeah? (Like you operate it with your fingers, not some hidden place - which I don't believe so)

Thanks again Ha, but no, we are not referring to the door switches - I believe we are talking about some sort of 'hidden place' master switch.