The passenger window now only goes up about 2/3 and seems pitched too far forward and then gets stuck. If I grab it and pull it towards the rear of the car it will raise up. Am I looking at a new mechanism or is it something out of alignment that is adjustable?

 

Been there. The screw that holds the horizontal track inside the door has come loose. Do not force it, it will shatter the window.

Take off door card, see the nut (from memory) 2/3 of the way up towards rear of door. Its loose, moving up and down with window regulator tension.

You'll see the correct position worn into the paint, adjust to this, tighten. Close door. Gently raise window, watch the rear edge. If it tilts toward binding stop, readjust nut try again.

Once door shot window up. Go outside. Adjust nut so vertical rear window edge is parallel to closed edge of rear window/ groove in rubber seal.

Now tighten securely, you're done.

Need help with door card removal? It's easy 5 minutes job.

John

 

Thanks John I just need a reminder for the door card. I recall removing it once because the door handle didn’t work. I think is the inside door handle screw and the window up/down switch then just pull it off?

 

Ok door card:

Go to car store, buy a pack of pine tree fasteners. Generic work fine. High chance of breaking one or two.
remove rubber floor inside door arm rest.
Phillip's head screw under the rubber removed next. (Allows door card to flex a bit for next steps)
See vertical "wall" made of leather inside the arm rest forward most position. It must be remmoved. It is held in place by what we call plastic pine tree, 2/3 of way down. Take thin flat head screw driver. Slip between wood and this vertical piece. Pry leather piece back with out damaging wood or leather.
look down see pine tree. Use bigger screwdriver to pry pine tree back releasing leather piece.

put window down.

See Phillip's screw underneath leather piece area. Unscrew, now window mirror switch pack is unattached.

Gently slide out the switch pack. Remove wire from connector.

got a dental pick? If not grab a small tiny flat blade screwdriver. Pry the plastic screw cover off under door handle.

Remove Phillip's screw.

look for Phillips screw lower rear quadrant (I forget, remove it if its there). Check for screw under speaker grill in carpet too.

Now pull off door card.
1) slide fingers under plastic at top inside (door hinge side) of door card.

2) yank - you'll hear feel pine trees releasing

3) move hand down same side. Same drill, pull this section free.

4) move to lower rear corner - pull free pull.

5) release puddle light connector. This has a U shaped metal locking mechanism on it. Slide screw driver under to release tension BUT - this metal piece is just dying to launch into no where land. Protect for that. BTW if lost ignore it, mines been gone for years, just use a plastic wire tie to secure it.
6) now to free upper rear corner mix leveraging the freed door card and pulling.

7) once in hooked, pull bottom of card towards you, lift card out of window channel.

John

 

Alan, see regulator sleeve arm adjust in picture to help with dead reckoning. Thats the nut i I refer too.

 

Thank you for the great directions! Everything went smoothly.
cheers
Alan