I rarely have anything but praise for Subaru and my local dealer however, last Thursday (15th) lunch time the driver side window motor seized on my MY01 5 door.

To date there is not a replacement motor IN THE UK (they said). Subaru dealer says they are searching Europe. (Cue Don Quixote on a donkey calling at all Subaru dealers in turn). There's either one on the parts computer or there isn't right? What's searching Europe mean?

As a warranty item, I don't consider a window motor is a particular mechanical disaster, and I feel a week is a bit much, or am I being churlish and over demanding of SUK?

Anyone out there got, or know where there is, a driver side window motor for an MY01 5 door?

Please notify this board and I'll pass it on to the Subaru dealer to chase up via Subaru UKs parts notwork. (sic.) I need the vehicle back for next week, with a window that closes. (oh and opens too!)

So thats how you spell it - Don Quixote :D:D

Long time no see BK, hows things? (windows motors aside :rolleyes: )

DW

There must be loads of those motors sitting inside cars at the same dealership? How about convincing them to use one of those?

Matt :)

Window motors aside, fine.

See you on NM7?

I will suggest they either give me an appropriate replacement vehicle (Impreza or Legacy rather than Mazda 121) and perhaps whip a motor out of a new one until they source a replacement.

Well it's taken a week, and the window motor is on it's way from Germany. (Volkswagen factory I 'spect).

However it will not be here until Tuesday/Wednesday (Monday is bank hol) so Robinson's of Rochdale (Gawd bless 'em) have offered to get it ready for me today so I have it in time for my holiday. They will have to do some extra work taking one out of an existing model, so I think they deserve a big round of thanks and applause. Which they can have when I get it back.

IM however, deserve a heap of manure tipped in their dinner for trying to make their dealers look like tw@t5 by not stocking the simplest parts in the UK. Knobs.

Germany for an electric window motor. You couldn't make it up............