I know how you're feeling. Although I'm glad I got mine replaced under warranty, I certainly don't like the idea of having it go bad after warranty. I, too, love having the ability to roll down the back window. While everyone else is shoveling snow up north, I was driving yesterday in Sarasota with all five windows open (74 degrees). The nice thing about TS Forums is we'll have the ability to do the repair ourselves when the time comes.
I have had the 4Runner rear window motor in for about 5 months now and it works great. There is no strain trying to get the Seq rear window back up at all.
I would definitely stay away from the dealer doing it. You could actually try looking for a Camry power window motor or a newer 4runner motor. Good luck.
I would definitely stay away from the dealer doing it. You could actually try looking for a Camry power window motor or a newer 4runner motor. Good luck.
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You think the Camry motor would work? Some of the pics I'm seeing for the Camry motors on ebay show a cable-type regulator system, as opposed to an arm/lever with gear teeth.
Which type does the Sequoia use? If it's a gear type, how many teeth are on the gear on the motor? Some of the other motor pics I saw had a gear with 7 teeth.
Took my 05 Seqouia to the dealer today for the same problem. Also when the window does not work the rear wiper does not work either. They had to replace the motor and the ECU. Thank goodness it was still under warranty!
I had the rear window dead for 2 years.
It started off intermittent.
It would work on some days and others it would not.
I suspected it was short in the system or a bad window motor.
After a few months it just stopped working.
I was out of warranty I left it alone. Did not use the rear window all that much anyhow.
THEN!!!!
I read the TSB about it.
And after 2 years well possibly 3..... THE WINDOW WORKS NOW.!!!
I simply removed the Spring and bracket as mentioned in the TSB.
Its been 2 weeks now and Not a Problem.
Who would have guessed?
Anyhow, for those of you with similar troubles try to remove the spring and bracket.
Its easy and quick.
Only took me about 20 min.
To remove and replace everything.
Well that 4Runner motor looks just like the Sequoia from the pictures. I might go for that. I took my motor apart and found the brushes were broken. I may have done that though removing the cover.
TSB EL007-06, covering '01-'06 Sequoia rear hatch window repair.
It mentions to leave a couple part out when replacing the motor.
My stopped working while it was still under 36 month warranty and I took it in with a copy of TSB.
It has been working since the motor was replaced and reassembled using TSB. Andy
I found a replacement from a salvaged one. The motors definitely look like the side window motors which lends me to beleive they are being "overtasked" for the larger back window, thus prematurely failing. Just a theory though.
I took my 05 Sequoia to the dealer for the back window. The back defrost would not work and we couldn't get the window to go down. The service manager tried to open the window and it wouldn't work. It was there overnight and in the morning they were able to get it to open and close. He said since it was now working they couldn't replace it since it wasn't stuck in the closed position. It was only covered by warranty if it didn't work at all, not if it was only broke sometimes. I have had a problem with it since I purchased my car. Do I have any options?
'02 with 55k miles. Rear window was dead as a doornail, and the fix described above worked perfectly, and took about 20 minutes. Pull out 2 screws and the stop and it works great now!
The rear defroster, window motor and wiper are inop on my wife's '05 Sequoia. She never opens the window and only uses the wiper occasionally, but she really needs her defroster to work.
There is no identifiable fuse, fusable link or relay in the location that the manual and the diagram on the fuse box cover say it is.
Can anybody help?
Thanks in advance for saving my marriage.
Between the recurring warped brake rotors, the tire low pressure light coming on when they aren't and now this, I am about to trade this thing in....
Rear Motor
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