Holy crud!

Ain't NOTHING cheap to fix on a Ford, is there? $500+???

If the thing wasn't paid off...

Did the regulator on my expedition. Went aftermarket. $150

Yeah, I asked for a ballpark quote before I took it in and the guy was WAY off. For $500 I'd have done it myself, and will next time. Heck, for $500 I'd pull the door and jam the window up and leave it. Only use it for hunting, don't need a rear window anyway.

Needed it for a hunting trip this weekend tho, and with rain forecast and no time to fix it myself went ahead with the ripoff.

And it was probably a dinky little cable that broke. What year is the truck?

I had to do both front windows in my 2004 Supercab

2004 Supercab...


2004/2005 has a LOT of complaints about them.

Funniest thing we hear when somebody brings a vehicle in is"I would have done it myself, but I didn't have the tools".

I did both the windows in my sons truck,easy.
watch the youtube videos put there by the auto part sellers,only takes an hour from start to finish,.

Yep, neighbor pointed me at the youtube vids but the ballpark price I was given and was expecting to pay was low enough I was okay with it. Then they called with the real freaking price that's double the ballpark and I was screwed - either change my plans for tomorrow's hunt or pay the extra.

I got real good at replacing window regulators on my 2002 Silverado.......I think I did 5 total in the 9 years I owned it.



Traded for a 2011 Tacoma.......64K on it now (bought new by me) and nary a problem.

My regulator is hooked to my wrist then on up to my shoulder !

Did one on my old '02 Ford Explorer for about $125. That was the first one I had done and it wasn't difficult. Good to know that it's not something I want to take in to the shop.

I have replaced the drivers door regulator on my 2005 twice. The first time I went aftermarket. When that lasted only a couple of years I went back to the Motorcraft version. The aftermarket was about $150 and the oem was IIRC $225. As someone else said, replacement takes about an hour.

The first time it failed I was in a store. I came out into the parking lot and the window had fallen down into the door. I had a pistol in the center console at the time. Nice.

The second time it failed I was driving down the road when a storm hit. One of the plastic pieces connected to the cable snapped. Once again the window was headed down into the door. I was able to drive home through the rain holding it up with one hand.

Now I don't trust the damn window to stay up and never lower it if I don't have to. Pain in the butt but like someone said it is paid for.

I've done a few regulators and they're not that hard. Some parts stores like Autozone offer a lifetime warranty on the parts but be sure to keep the receipts. They count on you losing it before the part goes bad.

$212 for the motor, $280 for the labor? Wow...

Indeed...

Time to trade for a sweet '16???

An aftermarket motor is about $50 or 60.