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My passenger front window will not roll down. I have a 2000 SVT Contour. I do not use the passenger front window very much but the last time when I used it, it was rolling up pretty slow. That was about 2 months ago. Now it will not roll down at all. I did take off the door panel and the switch is good and the motor is getting power. I went to the Haynes manual to find out how to remove the window regulator. The Haynes instructions require the window to be rolled down in order to remove the window regulator. Problem is that the window is rolled up and the motor does not work. Went to this site and searched on what to do. Found an answer: cut the cable on the regulator and the window will come down. Is this the best way to do this or is there another way?

I am a little disappointed that the passenger front window regulator died. I must only use it a tenth of what I use the passenger front window. The rear windows work and they also do not get used very much. I noticed that this seems to be a problem in many Contours. This window regulator should not be going out like this!

Here's the procedure from Ford service cd:

Window Regulator - Front Door, Powered

Removal

1. Disconnect the battery ground cable.
2. Remove the door trim panel. For additional information, refer to «Section 501-05».
3. Remove the door speaker. For additional information, refer to «Section 415-03».
4. CAUTION:
Do not touch the adhesive surface as re - bonding will be impaired. Do not attempt to peel the watershield from the door without cutting the Butyl.
- Locally peel back the door watershield.
- Using a plastic knife, cut through the Butyl strip to enable the watershield to be peeled back.

5. Reconnect the battery ground cable.
6. Remove the window retaining bolts.
- Align the window retaining bolts with the access holes.
7. Disconnect the battery ground cable.

8 Raise and support the glass in the fully closed position.
9. Detach the regulator assembly and motor.
- Remove the regulator assembly bolts and allow the assembly to rest in the bottom of the door.
- Remove the regulator motor (three bolts), or manual regulator winder (two bolts), and allow the assembly to rest in the bottom of the door.
10. Disconnect the regulator motor electrical connector.
11. Remove the regulator assembly and motor.
12. Remove the motor mounting plate nut.
- Remove the nut.
- Remove the mounting plate.
13. Remove the motor mounting bushes.

Installation
1. To install, reverse the removal procedure.


Section I've put in bold does seem to imply you operate window regulator motor to position window. Obviously a problem if that's what you've set out to replace.

Sorry, can't help further.

Autozone has pics in their repair guide but same dilemma results in their procedure, with no solution offered. door glass removal

Thanks for helping but it sounds like that I will have to cut the regulator cable to lower the window in order to remove the regulator to get at the motor. Does anyone know if the motor can even be removed from the regulator or is the motor and regulator one integrated piece?