John B.

Well I feel pretty stupid but I'm having trouble changing a light bulb out (rear/left/top brake light)....At first I thought you could access the bulb fairly easily from within the trunkspace, but it doesn't look that way.... It's a '94 ES300. I've removed all the carpeting around it....and can see 3 goldish bolts back that....so i removed the nuts from each of these and it sorta seems like i might be able to PUSH the whole rear light assembly panel out the back side....but it's not coming out very easy...so I'm not sure how it works or if I'm missing something else. Also, how bout those plastic clip-on bolts that are used all over the car, esp. on the carpeting....like back in the trunk. They're hard as can be to pull out, and once I do I think I've ruined them as the threads are all bad....is there a trick for these? Or is it just that you have to replace them w/ new ones... THANKS!!!!

At the risk of double posting...I will stick to this forum as it seems most appropriate. I am trying to replace the window regulator (back left) in an 94 ES...I have the door panel off and the old regulator (along w/ the motor still attached) basically out....i can't seem to get the old regulator "off" or unmounted from the motor though.... does anyone know the steps to follow here? just to get the motor/regulator unhooked? much thanks.

mine is a 1994...that's why i couldn't find any specific manuals from chiltons or haynes. i'll check out that link. thanks

Thanks Blake. Right now, I have the window glass still inside the door attached to the regulator and all still. I just have the paneling off as well as the clear plastic bag liner (that protects it all from moisture). But yes, I see the black bar that runs across the middle of the door....that one i knew had to come out. The biggest unknown i have right now is what to do w/ the actual glass. I 'think' after i remove the black bar, as well as 3 or 4 more screws that hold the regulator tracks in place, that i may need to unscrew the regulator from where it attaches to the glass....when i do this, i GUESS the glass is just gonna sit in there....then i pull out the old regulator guts....disconnect it from the motor...then try to CAREFULLY connect the new regulator to the motor and reverse the steps. the dlr told me if the new regulator coil unwinds by accident while handling it, it's pretty much scrap. so if you have any specifics from your manual on how to handle the glass or keep that regulator coil from unwinding, i'd really appreciate. thks

i just looked on ebay and saw lots of CD-ROM manuals for the ES300....didn't see any that looked like actual bound manuals. has anyone used these CDROMs? the picture of them, "looks" like a factory cdrom - says Lexus on it...but i can't imagine it's direct from the factory, they must produce these copies somewhere and resell them? the prices for them seem way too good to be true - $10-$30 for the CD....

i just looked on ebay and saw lots of CD-ROM manuals for the ES300....didn't see any that looked like actual bound manuals. has anyone used these CDROMs? the picture of them, "looks" like a factory cdrom - says Lexus on it...but i can't imagine it's direct from the factory, they must produce these copies somewhere and resell them? the prices for them seem way too good to be true - $10-$30 for the CD....

blake - is there anything in there for replacing the window regulator (back window) on that 94 es300? i desperately need this info!! thanks

I tried finding these at several auto parts stores yesterday, but had no luck. Closest thing i found was a Haynes one for a 97-01 Camry (which had extras for the Avalon and ES300 in it). P/N - Manual Title 92007 - ES 300 - see TOYOTA Camry (92007) Chiltons doesn't appear to have any for Lexus models....shouldn't these exist somewhere?

new update...no longer worried about checking the other door. i went to the dealer and asked to just talk w/ a service rep. he told me that it looked like i had alot of the work done since i had the door paneling removed and all. said it's almost surely just the regulator that i needed fixed, and that he wouldn't expect a 'rigged' one to last long, so to just buy the part. said it's about 2 hrs labor for them normally. he walked me thru the steps (WAY FASTER than i could catch it all).... so, i'm going to try and do it myself. the biggest thing they told me to watch out for (and that it can basically ruin the $140 part i bought) is that the cabling right now is wound up on a coil thing, and right now it's tied down w/ a clasp. once you remove this clasp during the install and attachment to the existing motor, they said if you don't watch out, all that cabling will unwrap and go everywhere and that you can't really get it back together right, if that happens...if anyone has some detailed instructions w/ photos that would be soooo helpful....

guys i need some help. i am now trying to get the opposite door panel off so i can compare. so now i'm trying to remove the back right door paneling. but it's stuck. i can't get it off. i've removed 3 plastic pop out sets along the edges of the door trim, plus the screw that's recessed under the door handle (on the inside). finally, there's a green pop out clip that you can't see, that is on the back edge, towards the top of the door. i've gotten that popped out. then there are 3 more just like this (green ones) that are on the bottom edge of the door. i've got those off. then (and i know this because i have the other door panel off to compare), the only thing that should be left is along the top edge of the window that's holding it in. there's 3 like grooved/notches here that just appear to slide into a groove, to fit. i've got the front and back edges of the top of this door panel loose, but in the middle (where there is one groove), it's stuck. on the other door, when i got it off (and it seemed much easier there), it seemed like when i got to this point, the plastic piece around the door handle came loose, and i could pull that off, and then lift up and the door paneling came off completely. but here, i can't get it to "let go" of the piece around the door handle....ack. any one have specific instructions from a repair manual on how to remove the door paneling?? where can i find a repair manual? thks

i think i've figured it out. i could take another door apart to check, but i'm hoping i don't have to do that (may not go back together - ha). the glass pane on mine is resting at the bottom, all the way down. there's a metal plate about 3"x5" that is attached to the glass. i see the motor and it looks like it has 2, not 1, cables coming out of it. one goes down around the bottom and attaches to a white plastic piece (this one looks like what controls "pulling" the window down (so this isn't the problem). the other cable from the motor starts out going up...and about 1/2 up the height of the door, it looks like there is a pulley type device, that the cable is SUPPOSED to loop over, and then go back down, to that same white plastic clip where it is SUPPOSED to attach to the top end of that clip. on mine, the top end of that clip is frayed/cracked...it looks like when trying to "pull" the window up w/ the top cable, that it pulled thru the clip and broke it....and now the end of the top cable is resting up just below the pulley (hasn't looped over it yet). so it looks like somehow i need to fix/replace that white clip so that it will again hold the cable. then loop the cable up over the pulley and back down.

well i have the door paneling removed....behind that there was a sheet of plastic...that's been mostly removed...i still can't figure out what is wrong exactly i see a cable but it doesn't appear broke. i could hear my motor running, the window just wouldn't go up. anyone have any pics of the internals or instructions that would help?

Hello, I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can order a back/left window regulator for a 94 ES300. Would appreciate any help I can get!!

Hello, I have a '94 ES300. The rear left window was down, and when i tried to close it, it made a loud cracking sound. The window won't roll up, but I can hear the motor running. It's 'loose' if i pull on the glass. My question: I've called the dealer and it sounds like they think it's just the 'regulator'. Is this part just the cable? Is the same part from a '94 Camry identical? Also, has anyone had luck getting a Toyota dealer to actually work on a Lexus? It seems like I tried this several yrs back and they wouldn't help me out. Just curious if anyone else has tried w/ any luck. Thanks