no the reset procedure has to be done with the glass and motor fully installed. You can hit the button with the metal panel on, not the plastic door finisher.

KJ

 

this picture is basically when the window glass unit, motor unit, are all mounted on the aluminum panel ..
where do u clicky?

 

Peel the black protective sticker in the middle of the 3 motor mounting screws the button will be under there. I wouild post a picture, but I don't have time right now.

 

You can reach the reset button while the window/door is fully mounted. The button is directly behind one of the small round sticky tabs. Just peel it back and you will see the button.

 

I tried the cleaning method and it worked for about a week. I finally broke down and bought a new motor. I bought the one from Autozone for $145. The good thing is that the AZ one comes with a lifetime warranty.

It took about 30 mins to remove the old one and install the new one. Everything works just like new!

 

Lifetime warranty? Cool, I didn't know that. Mine just came in this week via UPS, and are still sitting by the door. I'll be putting them in soon.

 

i just slap mine in...
works
rock on!

 

i've cleaned mine and they've worked for months now and i daily the car

 

I just cleaned mine today, because I replaced the the regulator and that didn't solve the problem. After I cleaned it I put it all back together, it worked better than new. I'll see how long that lasts, but the brushes and magnets looked like they were in perfect shape.

 

from what im seeing in the picture, is that on the back of the motor winding shaft is not seating in the hole on the cover.

 

Just installed the two remanufactored motors I got from Autozone. Windows work great now. I ran into a problem with a bolt snapping and I had to drill and tap the bolt body out. I believe the window tracks are made out of aluminum and its very easy to cross thread a bolt into them without knowing so be careful on your reinstalls.

Just an afterthought. Everyone who's doing this repair, are you taking your door apart with the window in the up or down position? When I cleaned the motors I had the window in the up position and it was a PITA getting the door back together. Today when I put the new motors in, I left the driver side in the down position and it was a hell of a lot easier putting everything back together, especially if you're working by yourself.

 

Looks like I will be buying a new motor...after cleaning it yesterday, its already messing up a day later. O-well...it was worth a shot.

 

Dont know if you solved this yet, but what I had to do was remove the armature shaft from the gold cover(You need to pull kind of hard to pull the armature out of the cover to overcome the permanent magnet). and put the shaft into the black motor housing and turned it untill it was in enough that the gold cover fit properly.

 

are you sure you confirmed that the motor is properly in the motor shaft? you have to screw-twist the magnetmotor clockwise until it is snug and secure, before you put that cover back on

 

Make SURE you push the brushes in before you try putting the coil back into the motor assembly.. the brushes will catch and not let the coil insert back in..

And don't scrape the crap out of the brushes either.

 

just wanted to post and say i am having this problem on my 2003 as well. i will try the cleaning procedure. thanks for the helpful pics.

 

Just installed my repaired motor today. It works really well. Hope it will last longer then the stock brushes. I did notice one thing is when I was doing the motor reset procedure, my window (when I open the door) comes down a lot farther then it did in the past. I don't think this is a problem, but I was wondering if anyone who did the window reset noticed the same thing.

KJ

 

I think that is a function of the new motor pc board. I have an 03 and my wife just got an 06 G35c and her window comes down a lot more than mine when you open the door.

 

A new window motor installed will cost about $454.

 

Damn Dave! I wish I knew your windows were messed up. You could have bought the motors from Autozone and I would have tossed them in for you for free.