brought to you by 1a auto calm your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the Internet hi I'm Mike from 1a auto I hope this how-to video helps you out and next time you need parts for your vehicle think of 1a auto calm thanks in this video we're going to show you how to replace a front window regulator on this 2002 ford escape we will be working on the driver side the passenger side front door is basically the same procedure and this is the same for any 2001 to 2007 also similar for the Mercury Mariner tools you'll need are a small flat blade screwdriver a Phillips screwdriver and a 10 millimeter socket with a ratchet and extension okay start out use a small screwdriver and remove this little trapdoor okay start out the little screw driver a little kind of a little trapdoor here reach in pry it out there's a Phillips screwdriver screw the Phillips screw back in there anything here pop that off Phillips screw and there's a Phillips screw right down the door pull and I felt screw on the back and just fast forward here as I remove those four screws maybe once you have those out then you pull your bezel around your door handle here right now usually you can recreate into this corner start pulling out and work your fingers underneath pull out first just here's a quick to open here and even though I'm going in fast motion here you want to carefully pull your water shield down be careful not to rip it and while you're doing that also there is a Philips screw there on the bracket that holds that bracket in place remove that and pull the water shield down so you can access the inside of your door it's the window regulators on these vehicles are people actuated okay and actually the regulator on my truck is absolutely fine but I wanted to do this video to show you what will happen when your regulator breaks is generally when you press the button when it breaks you'll hear kind of a maybe a clicking or grinding and then a pop noise that pop is usually the cable breaking and once your regulator is broken your window will probably just fall down into the door once you get to this point you can lift and raise and lower your window by hand okay what you want to do is put your window at this point so you can see these two bolts here and you want to remove I believe yes you want to remove those two bolts increase the speed here as I use a ten millimeter socket with a ratchet and extension to remove those two bolts now you can remove this piece of weather stripped and then your window come up off the right-winger and you can pull your the back of it up first and pull the window right up now you'll want to disconnect your lead pair motor window motor just by pressing a tab there and pulling off and then these three bolts here hold the motor in and then this nut and this nut down here hold your window regulator on and I'll fast forward here as I remove those two nuts and the three bolts and give yourself some more room there's a little clip that holds the wiring harness just kind of reach him back and pinch the tabs on the clip to pull it out and that lets you move the wiring harness around and get the regulator out a little more easily noob rated morning Otto it's going to mount in the same there are a couple minor differences the motor mounts with nuts instead of bolts and the motor has a pigtail on it it's going to connect the same it's just going to be a little different place so first I'm just going to take these three knocked off we put the regular motor back in just the same there okay once you have the regulator in place just use the three nuts and start them on to the studs for the window motor and then tighten them up and you want to tighten them up nice and snug you don't need to over tighten though and also while you're here you can reconnect the window motor lead and then put the two nuts back on the regulator rails and tighten those up as well in make sure you kind of dive it around a great letter here get back in the track slide it down to the regulator put my panel back in and the key on I'm just going to run the window up a little bit to get to this hole right here and I'm just going to fast forward here as I insert that second bolt and tighten it up hey there you hook them off the test works pretty good just connect this and then carefully put your water shield back in place now look at some of the holes where the screws go and the guide pins on your panel just to make sure that it's lined up well you don't want to block off the screw holes first we get your car put the top up it over the weatherstrip here and back in here make sure the pins are going into the holes and fast forwards I put the bezel on and then the screws the natural colored screw goes behind the door handle the skinnier or yeah the skinnier diameter black screw goes in the back and then the two larger black screws go in the door pull and the front of the door panel and then the finish up make sure you just close the little trapdoor in behind the door handle and put that front button trim back on we hope this helps you out brought to you by ww1 aho calm your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the internet please feel free to call us toll free 888 eight four four three three nine three where the company that's here for you on the internet and in person