Any easy solutions to fix this?

I think all what you need is just a new door switch bezel panel with good clips. Clips on your current one seem to be broken.
Or, just a couple drips of superglue.

What if you drilled a bracket in connecting the bottom of the switch panel and the door panel. If you take the door panel off the car you should be able to put in some kind of bracket to hold it down. Or use some 3m tape like the stuff that holds on rain visors and body moldings.

But I agree, I think the problem is the switch bezel not the door panel itself.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9205/0901101147.jpg

More close up, see how the leather is ripped? I think the whole door has to be replaced, even the mechanic when I showed him said there was nothing to do....unless he's wrong! D:

I see. Then, like LittleWhiteBubble mentioned you can install a bracket there, so the clip will click on it.
Or just replace the door panel, I'm sure on junkyard you can find it really cheap. You don't need to replace whole door.

This is a common problem on the 97-99 Camrys. You don't have to replace the whole door panel. I had the dealer fix this problem for me as a favor some years back on my 98 Camry. Here's how to do it yourself for around $4.

Get yourself some 2 part epoxy and a couple of c-clamps. Remove the entire window switch. Look down in the hole and you will see how the panel has separated a bit. Mix up the 2 part epoxy. Apply it to the where the panel has separated. Now use the c-clamps to clamp this area tight for a few hours as the epoxy sets up. After a couple of hours remove the c-clamps and reinstall the window switch.

Mike

Yes, you remove the entire window switch. It just snaps out. Pull it back a bit and it should unclip from the front. Then disconnect the electrical connector.

After the switch is out you can look down and it will become obvious what has separated and where to apply the epoxy and clamp it. You are just epoxying the gap that has formed on the part nearest the seat of the car. You are not epoxying the switch down. After a few hours you remove the clamp, reattach the electrical connector to the switch, and then snap the switch back down.

Sorry, I don't have the 98 any longer, so I can't take pictures or give you a better description than this. I am doing this from memory from about 10 years ago.

Mike

Alright, when I disconnect it, should I disconnect the battery or no? And I'll talk a picture after so I make sure what I have to proxy.

So I'm sealing a gap...but I just don't understand, I guess I'll have to see it for myself.

It'll be easier to work on if you take the door panel off. Then you can get to it from both sides.

LittleWhiteBubble said:

It'll be easier to work on if you take the door panel off. Then you can get to it from both sides.

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I don't think so, because in the guide for taking off the door panel (http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t145402.html), he takes out the master switch before removing the final door panel...so I think I don't need too...Hopefully Mike backs me up on this one.

Here's a picture I got for you Mike: http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/5372/0903101112.jpg

So where exactly do I put this epoxy? A lot, a little? Thanks

And should I roll the window down or not?

It may not give you better access to it, I've never had to yank the driver's side panel off. But if you need to get to it from the back side it could help. I don't see why the window position would have any effect though

Yah I just realized the wire is really short <_< I'll have to get this harness apart somehow, maybe a flathead. But I just need to figure out where to apply the epoxy and clamps, as I'm still a bit lost in this, and how it will affect the end results. But let's hope this works

Glue a new longer clip... I'm sure U can find some long clips at homedepot that you can use.

Look for cabinet door clips, it might work.

So it really is just a clip? For the side I am opening up right? And that's..defective?

I'll take a look around. Thanks to all for helping.

Mine's like that, and honestly the best thing to do is super glue it. Won't ever move again unless you try to rip it out.

Isn't the glue messy? That will be my last resort (gorilla glue) but I'm trying to figure out the easiest method that isn't messy at the moment.

I got to stop at Home Depot after so if I need to get anything I'd like to get it then

I think that thing is design to force open if you want it open, or else the clip should hold it.

On yours it seem the door panel side broke where the clip catch, which is why the clip doesn't work.

There might be an electrical wire connector inside to disconnect and that should allow you to remove that panel. At least that was how my car was. Than you can easily work on the panel.

Yah I think the clip on the inside, not the master windows, is broken, so probably the best method is glue for this...no? Or what can I use to catch the clip?

Glue.

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