Hey guys!! New to the Forum. Just bought a '03 Durango and plan on doing some moding on it. First things first though. I live in ,OH and we have been getting some pretty cold weather. Unfortunately, my drivers side rear window regulator cable broke a cheap plastic piece off of itand the cable bound up in the regulator. I bought a regulator off a 02 (Supposevly) and it will work with some new bolt holes drilled.

Question:
Why is a '02 regulotor assembly different than a '03?
Is it possible to open up the regulator and try to unwind the cable so I don't have to rill holes in the door for the new/used regulotor?
I plugged the used regulator in and it didn't seem to work. Does the regulator need to be grounded in order to operate?

Thanks for the help!!!

 

Welcome! As far as your window motor, I am not sure off the top of my head. It isn't a direct plug and play?

 

Off-topic but: Love the cold weather! I love the ice that accompanies it, empty parking lots, lots of ice = good times! I mean, I have the 318, so I can do doughtnuts even on dry pavement, but it KILLS the tires, but a nice layering of ice helps lead to less problems. I love being able to go anywhere, anytime I want, whiel this snow and ice has everyone else snowed in, I can still run into town to get groceries and the like. Like I said, completely off-topic

 

I love the snow and Ice, but sadly I'm in school and 100km away from my D right now. We got about 5 inches of snow last night, and I have to walk through it like a sucker. Only 2 days till I go home and get to boot around till 4am getting kicked out by rent-a-cops one parking lot at a time.

I've replaced my rear tires more recently than my front, so i tend to understeer around corners, but a quick blip of the throttle corrects that.

 

The regulator is a plug and play, if you have the correct one. I can make the 02 regulator work, its just weird that it isn't the exact same assembly.

I'll post pics.

Thanks for the help

 

If I were you, I would wire the new motor into the existing hook-ups. This would retain your OEM connections.