2004 Highlander Window Motor Replacement

[@MartyEubank]

Great job on video showing all details of the job... well done.

[@MartyEubank]

Great job on this video... well done showing all details of the job.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Thanks for the feedback

[@jbt6753]

PERFECT VIDEO- my 18yr old daughter and I did this project ON HER '04 Highlander the day before she left for college- (she supervised and operated the video). It took us a little over an hour, but we spent a while cleaning the metal regulator of all the grime and scaleing. Awsome video. I downloaded it, and will use it for her rear window motors replacement either this winter or next summer. Thank you for the great close ups- it helped ALOT!

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Great to hear that you were able to do it.

[@laloalamo4213]

What an amazing Video/tutorial. Thanks Much for sharing it. I just replaced mine in less than an hour. Thank you so much! Watching your video makes it so easy.. and faster if you have the right tools.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

@@laloalamo4213 That’s pretty fast work. Must be quite handy person.

[@donbayan1057]

@DIYLifeSkills you are a blessing! I watched this video about 3 weeks ago, ordered the same exact part from Amazon, watched the video a couple more times, and today I finally had the time to do it. Your detailed instructions made it so easy for me to get the job done. A #1 and #2 JIS crosspoint screwdriver is a perfect fit for the screws (learned it from replacing a steering switch for my 2005 Honda Odyssey). My 2002 Toyota Highlander front passenger window is working like new again. Thank you so much for the step by step video instructions that you put together. You are a very good teacher

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Great to hear and thanks for screw driver #s.

[@colladayleather]

You… my friend are a blessing! I just finished my broken window motor and everything you showed was 100% right on! My total cost was $ 20.00 and under two hours of my time. I can’t thank you enough for your time to film and edit this video. I am incredibly grateful for you!

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Wow good price

[@colladayleather]

Amazing.. I have the exact model and the same problem on the same window. Thank you for taking the time to make this very detailed video!

[@DIYLifeSkills]

It’s pretty straightforward but be carful with the window.

[@bobp4036]

Thanks for posting this, I just did the same thing at 14:46 and put the notch edge on the wrong side.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Great. I also did it wrong the first time and I had to look at my uninstallation video clips to figure it out.

[@wyomikey65]

Wow....excellent video. Extremely detailed. Will be doing this job soon..

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Thanks for the feedback and good luck in the work.

[@smamq]

Probably never gonna do this myself cause it's a little too complex for me, but I enjoy your videos a lot. I have to replace my front passenger door handle on my GS cause it doesn't recognize the touch and unlock automatically. If you have anything related to changing door handle, I'd love to try it out myself before going to a mechanic.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Let me have a look at that.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

I forgot to reply back earlier. For GS350/350, once the battery is disconnected, one touch open and close setting is lost and you have to reset it. Here is a video on how to do that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6KveXh9dp6ohpI

[@devonnader6883]

Hello, very helpful information, I am about to do mine sooner, and I will let you know how I did.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Yes hope it goes well.

[@colddeadhand7414]

I had to replace my girlfriends pully system and motor on a 08 Expidition. I just taped the window up with gorilla tape and removed the pully system. I'm wondering if you could do that to avoid the risk of dropping the window and breaking it and just untaping it and lowering it and tightening the 10mm bolts when it's down.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

Actually I think that’s a pretty good idea to not let glass slip on your hand.

[@colddeadhand7414]

@DIY & Life Skills My mom's is going out on her Highlander and I think I just got volunteered for the job. Lol. Thanks for the upload!

[@DIYLifeSkills]

@@colddeadhand7414 Lots of things to remove but they are mostly easy with follow the instructions closely.

[@kakusei3672]

If you were to do this again and purchase your own parts would you have done the whole assembly or just the motor?

[@DIYLifeSkills]

@@kakusei3672I’m not sure they sell just the motor. This replacement part was pretty cheap like under $30. I would replace the whole actuator like I did

[@kakusei3672]

@@DIYLifeSkills In the video, you just swapped motors. You had mentioned someone gave you just the motor haha. The price of the motor is similar to the whole regulator with motor. Wondering if there's any benifit to keeping the oem regulator and just adding a new motor.

[@DIYLifeSkills]

@@kakusei3672 Yeah my immediate neighbor that sold me the car had already bought for like $28. I would replace this part. When you say “whole thing”, I’m not clear on what you are referring to. This actuator motor part is the only thing that breaks.

[@kakusei3672]

@@DIYLifeSkills the arms that hold the window that the motor attaches to

[@DIYLifeSkills]

@@kakusei3672 Ahh, I wouldn’t go that far. Arm had no issues.

[@tjmasterbarber2664]

This is way too complex! Where are you located?

[@DIYLifeSkills]

If you follow the steps in the video, it’s actually not difficult. It just looks complicated because you have to dissemble many parts but none are challenging to do. I’m in Houston suburbs.

[@scooter12368]

why did you replace motor when it appears to work

[@DIYLifeSkills]

It doesn’t work. Goes down but not come back up all the way all the time.

[@scooter12368]

thanks for response. I have a dilema. I can't get access to the bolts on regulator to remove it. So any tips how to get access to the bolts since i can't lower the window? Would cutting the wires on the regulator allow the regulator to drop? @@DIYLifeSkills

[@DIYLifeSkills]

@@scooter12368 I think you might be able to lower the entire regulator and window if you remove five 10mm bolts shown in 7:38 time mark. If you do this, put a towel at the bottom inside the door panel so that regulator and windo doesn't suddenly drop down. Once you can lower the entire thing, you should be able to access the inside bolts.

[@scooter12368]

thank you for reply@@DIYLifeSkills