How to Replace Window Regulator 2002-06 Toyota Camry

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In this video we're going to show you how to replace the power motor and regulator assembly on this '05 Toyota Camry. Tools you'll need are a flat blade screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver and a 10mm socket and ratchet with extension and maybe some painters tape to hold up the window. To remove the door panel first you're going to remove a series of screws. There's one in behind here and you'll see me pry that out, underneath here you can pry this rubber up and there's a screw under there. Pry off this little grommet and there's a screw under there and then there's two screws at the bottom; one there and one there. Use your screwdriver, put it in the back corner, pry up and out on that rubber piece, up here. Put it right in the back there, this plastic piece should come out. This piece should just pry right off.

We'll just speed it up here a little bit as I remove those three screws. The one up there, the one in behind the door handle and the one down on the door pull. Up and off, your mirror has a little tab you push on with your thumb and pull out. There's a tab right here, push on with your thumb and pull out. You want to make sure you reset this connector by pulling it all the way back. Fast forward here again as I remove those two lower screws. Now that you've removed this panel you're going to see a Phillips screw right down in here, remove that. Now you can just grab the bottom of your panel and then you pull this little triangle right out here. Pull the panel up and off. Okay, now reach in behind here and you can pull your cables out and up and your panel comes off. Carefully remove your water shield; you want to avoid tearing it. Tear it right around the parts there so I can pull it off. Now you're going to press a little tab on the side of your speaker lead and pull it up and out and then remove four 10mm screws and remove your speaker and set it aside.

Now your window regulator connects to your window with two bolts. You want to loosen that bolt and then loosen this bolt. Then the window regulator is held to the door by four bolts here. Then right here is your lead, there's a little tab, you can see my finger pressing in on it. Pressing in on it and pulling out. If your vehicle is equipped with the auto pinch sensor then once you disconnect that window motor you will need to reset that feature and I have another video, just check our videos for our Toyota Camry auto pinch sensor reset. You can tell if you have the auto pinch if you run your window up, press down on it while it's going up and it stops and goes back down. For this window here I'll use a 10mm wrench. Lift the window up. I use some painters tape just as a precaution to keep that window up. We'll hit a little fast forward as right now all I'm doing is using a 10mm socket and ratchet on those four bolts that are in a square. The top left one you just need to loosen, you don't have to pull it all the way out and then I'm removing the other two bolts that hold the track and then as you can see a little bit later once you remove the last bolt the regulator kind of falls down.

There's your regulator out, new regulator from 1A Auto. Only difference on this regulator is that there is a harness with a lead on it. Put it up in, do what to put just this one bolt and start that in right there. Then there's that bolt. I'm just going to start the other four bolts or the other three bolts that hold the regulator to the door. Now I'll start the two bolts that hold that track in place. Once everything's pretty much in place I'll go around with my 10mm socket and ratchet and make sure all six bolts that hold the regulator to that door are nice and tight. Now that that's in I'm just taking the tape off the window up here. Let the window slide down slowly; push it back in its track. I'm sure this goes right down in; make sure the front comes in as well. Pull my lead through here. Okay with a successful test we can unplug our window and mirror switch and then put our water shield back on and then reinstall the door panel. Put your cable in, snap it in. The green one goes on the bottom, the clear one goes on top and pull your harness is through. Then the propel up and then down the sill make sure our harness is in through. That all goes in, our large screw.

Okay and just fast forward here again as I tighten up that large screw that holds that armrest brace and then the two screws up top behind the door panel in the corner and then the two screws on the bottom of the door panel. Now our switch panel, make sure you've pulled that back, snap it right in. Mirror snaps right in, the front down first punch it forward and down and then screw. Little rubber and then up here on this corner panel you want to pull this, if this clip didn't come off with your trim panel take it off. Squeeze it down as much as you can and it clips on right here to the panel. It looks like it's on backwards, the less bend end goes into the panel and this goes in, okay it snaps on.

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