Siemens vs Dorman Window Motor
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The cheapest one. Make sure it has a lifetime warranty. All the motors are pretty much the same anyway.
On another note, the Autozone website shows the Cardone motor has a $15 core return, so you can ask them about that.
On another note, the Autozone website shows the Cardone motor has a $15 core return, so you can ask them about that.
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Yeah that's cause the Cardone is a REMAN. Where's it looks like the Siemens and Dorman are possibly new.
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Reman. is the same as new. It's just the old case with new guts. Like I said, they will all last about the same. They all have the same defect, so it doesn't really matter anyway.
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Yeah I figured as much but I could swear that I saw somewhere at one point where someone was saying that the Siemens ones are all redesigned or something...
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i don't know which brand, but the one i got from advance auto blew out in 5 weeks. i just replaced it again yesterday. i guess it's good i had the lifetime warrenty. i have now replaced 3 window motors in 2 months 
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If you keep blowing out motors then you have other problems. Check for an obstruction on the tracks, and grease the rails and rollers.
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And measure the voltage to the motor- if you run them at too low volts, they go slow, get hot, and burn up- They make a relay kit to run like 10 or 12 ga. wire to the motor, and use the switch to fire the relays for the heavy cable-
Go with the cheapest one with a lifetime guarantee-
Go with the cheapest one with a lifetime guarantee-
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I went through 3 motors on pass and 2 on drivers, and both started going so slow (a good 30 seconds bottom to top). So I made my own relay kit for both doors with 8 gauge off the battery with the same motors and now they are faster than in my 2006 Tundra
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The Dorman looks just like the the NAPA motor I installed about a month ago--both have a cast aluminum gear head and both are mfg in Vietnam. The NAPA motor works but is NOISY as hell. I ended up across the street at Advance where they had the Siemens motor in stock (stamped steel housing--made in USA) for the same price. I'll know after the weekend if its as quiet as OEM. HTH
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