Step 4 – Gently twist the handle up and to the left (right if passenger side door), and it will pop loose. Step 3 – Remove the screw located under the door handle on the right front side with a medium sized Phillips Head Screw Driver. Once the head comes forward, the clip will pull right out. Gently pull out the center of the clip with your fingernails or other soft, thin object. Step 2 – Remove the plastic button clip on the door jamb. It took me about an hour because I had to mount the old motor onto the new regulator. Chances are the replacement of the Power Window Regulator won’t last long enough to drain the battery. There is no need to disconnect the battery cables but you may want to turn off the cabin lights if they are set to turn on when doors are opened. Step 1 – The most obvious, open your Protege’s door. *Disclaimer – This tutorial is for general informational purposes you break your door, it’s your own fault. The Passenger side is similar, but this tutorial will be more or less useless for the rear doors. This tutorial is for the 2003 Mazda Protege driver’s side, front Power Window Regulator. If I had been a bit more patient, I could have ordered the replacement power window regulator with motor for my 2003 Mazda Protege from Amazon for a little as $62 but the idea of driving around Tucson without being able to roll up or even close my driver’s side window wasn’t an appealing proposition. It was also shocking to see that for $160 the window regulator didn’t even come with a motor! Ironically just purchasing the part from the parts counter took over an hour. I was impatient, so I way overpaid by picking up the power window regulator from the dealer. I figured I’d be repairing the windows again in a few years so might as well learn how now I’ve already had to have the dealer fix two power locks and three power window regulators on this vehicle.
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