ok, so mine just crapped out last night adn I'm still trying to find out how to take the damn door panel apart, but I did a search and found that it happened quite a bit, so I figured I'd fin out exactly how often and if there is any pattern to it. so let us know which year and if or how many times it's happened.

 

yea i got stuck with it down, 20 miles from home in the rain, that drive sucked.

 

Not had a failure, though my driver side has a tiny squeek as it comes up. I think there is something smeared on the glass that is making it squeak. I will wash it Sat and see what happens. I have noticed that both of mine seem slow and in adition, they both push the window hard enough to contort the door. Not much, but I can feel it. So if I do have a failure, these could be some warning signs. I broke a manual regulator in my civic, long ago, but that happens. Good luck with the survey.

 

oops, I'm an idiot, and voted for "97 more than once" when I meant to click "97 once"
My drivers side kicked the bucket. An hour and $70 bucks later, it was fixed though.

 

i have a 99 3.0 and my drivers side went out.

btw, did you get the panel off?

 

97 2.2

drivers side died on me a couple times. You just gotta sit around and wait and it'll work again, REALLY REALLY slowly

 

its a few screws and a lot of friction clips, look at a diagram, take all the screws out then just pull

 

for my 97 both the driver and the passenger went out and i did not get any kind of signs that its going to die out of me

 

today i noticed my driverrs side is going DAMN slow

 

yeah i have taken it off before, but i was asking him so i could tell him how.

all i am waiting for now is to buy the regulator off ebay and for hybrid's DIY instructions

 

no0pe, havne't gotten it yet. been at work since I posted this thread and am going back right after I finish this burrito. how many screwsare there? vI can find 4 screws in teh whole damn panel: one where the open handle/ unluck button is, and three where the window /mirror buttons are. any more, or any suggestions on how to get teh damn clips off?

looks like the 97's are either getting owned, or it;'s just because they are older.

 

Mine too, I replaced the passenger after it died during the snow season, now my driver side is slowing down. But lubing up the tracks helped, had the smackura dealership do that when they replaced my other one

 

nothing yet since i bought the car in Dec. But the windows have been going up a bit slower lately but it's doing the job so far and really doesn't seem like its gonna go ::knock on wood::

 

i think i'm gonna rip mine out this weekend possibly and chang out the motor/assembly (or whatever you want to call it). hopefully i can find one by then.


can you put passanger side on driver side?

 

no since our doors and windows are curved...it will only work on the side it was made for.

 

98' once, drivers side. It seems that the passenger side might go in a couple of months.

 

IF YOU GUYS HAVE WARRENTY ACURA WILL COVER IT... THIS HAPPEN TO ME NOT TO LONG AGO WHEN A FRWN OF MINES SLAMED MY DOOR HELLA HARD....THEN THE WINDOW WENT OUT....SO I TOOK IT OVER TO ACURA AND THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE MY CAR WAS STILL UNDER WARRENTY B'CUZ IT WAS A 98' BUT, THEY SEARCHED FOR MY FILE AND THEY TOOK CARE OF IT WITH A FREE CAR WASH.... HOPEFULLY SOME OF YOU GUYS STILL HAVE IT.... I HEAR IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE TO FIX 200 BUCKS?

 

My extended warrenty would not cover it, thus I ended up paying $276.

 

99 2.3 ...I replaced my Drivers side 1 mo after i bought the car, and now my passenger side is about 2-3 seconds slower to get it up...

 

I heard there was medicine to help you with that…haha

 

Mine hasn't broken down yet, but the driver side window goes up faster than the passenger. Maybe that's a bad sign?

 

my shit is dying but its still working slowly and squeeky but working, on the passenger side that is

 

mine too... its fucking embarrassing. that along with my ripped C/V joint... whenever I make afucking turn it makes this nasty ass rattling sound

f'ing beater! I still love it to death!

-Alex

 

we should fix them huh

 

CV axels aren't that bad... It is expected that you will have to replace those, but window motors, that is fucked up. I rode in a frieind's old beater GMC pickup, I swear those window motors would cut your damn head off. It takes like 2 or 3 seconds for them to go up. If even that long.

 

I have a '97 CL and my driver's side regulator went out once--but I had a friend fix it for $80 and a case of beer...With all the failures it seems like Acura should have had a recall on this shit

 

Yeah, like A LOT of things on our cars....