Dear All! I have a 2003 Subaru Forester. I purchased the car last year and love this car. I take care of this car and do the maintenance as needed. I am having two issues with my car: Recently the window on front passenger side stopped working { would not roll down}. It has been stuck ever since.…

If your mechanic has, or doesn’t have, experience with this kind of work is important. Most general mechanics don’t do this kind of work very often. Getting access to the window mechanism is tricky and if you don’t know what you are doing it is easy to damage the clips and hardware just removing t…

RockAuto has the motor/regulator assemblies for both your power windows for $118.00 each. https://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=2954502&cc=1411041&jnid=402&jpid=1 And while you’re there, might as well order a new O2 sensor. Tester

Thanks- Uncle Turbo and Tester. I will go to a body shop and check it out. Regards.

Hi! Went to Pep Boys and was told that they will charge 45 bucks, rip the door open and see what is wrong. Then they will decide what to fix and how much it costs. what do you think? Thanks

I’d still check out a body shop first.

^ Exactly! I have no doubt that Pep Boys would charge a bit less than a body shop would. However, I also have no doubt that they would “rip the door open”, rather than doing the job properly.

Did Pep Boys tell you what it would cost, total, to replace the motor+regulator? $45 may just be the cost to get it apart, they you’ll feel compelled to pay the rest. Do you trust your current mechanic? Ask him if he’d use the Rockauto parts, what he’d charge.

I would wait until the weather is warmer on the windows, so you can sock away some money. Those motors are not cheap, but you can live without the windows rolling down for a while since you can just open the door at a drive through and the like. I would start with the driver’s side door and keep t…

I have an 04' Forester at 209K miles and going strong! I've only done the fan belts, rear O2 sensor, charcoal canister, both rear ball bearings, oil filters, and fuel filter. …and timing belt kit?

No timing belt yet. It behaves well and without issue.

2003 Subaru Forester- Please advice

Maintenance/Repairs

omsairam911 March 31, 2015, 1:34am 16

You bet.

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