Motor Age is a monthly trade journal supporting independent automotive service providers by providing professional information to ensure a reasonable profit.

Founded in 1899, it is the premier source and interactive community forum for the best available technical, management, product and resource recommendations and emerging solutions for today's dynamic service challenges.

Serves the automotive aftermarket, general and specialty repair shops, service stations, car dealerships, collusion repair facilities plus their wholesale suppliers.

Today, Motor Age reaches over 140,000 automotive service industry professionals -- shop owners, service writers and technicians.

Read the Digital Issue: Motor Age, October 2009

COVER STORY
Power Window Repairs
Power window designs vary from the simplistic to the complex. No matter, it still has to open and close the glass.
By Pete Meier, Technical Editor

Your customer drives up to the tollbooth on a rainy day, rolls down the window to hand their toll to the attendant and then finds that the window will not roll back up. They try to tug the window into position without success and drive to the closest shop, frustrated and wet. Ever happen in your shop?

But that’s not the only complaint you may face. Other common faults are windows that only move partially through their travel before grinding to a halt, work in one direction only or no longer respond to their auto up/down feature. A few simple checks, however, can often quickly and successfully locate the cause of these common problems ...

ALSO ON THE COVER
12 DRIVABILITY
36 MOTOR AGE GARAGE
42 CUSTOM BAY
76 TOOLBOX
This month’s section features products from our selection on SearchAuto Parts.com.

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Motor Age's primary mission is to provide sound technical and management information and trends to the service dealer, in order for him or her to service and repair vehicles effectively while making a reasonable profit. This ensures that the owner can provide a professional atmosphere, proper training and benefits to employees.

With an experienced editorial staff, Motor Age strives to meet the critical information needs of the 21st century for its readers -- the professionals who service America's automotive fleet.

Editorial coverage of both domestic and import vehicles includes real-world, in-the-bay-today technical information, as well as a look at what servicing issues shops will be encountering in the future. In addition, Motor Age offers shop owners practical business management information like no other service publication.

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