Sounds like the plastic gear is broken. You can get a brass one from any of the vendors. Each door window and the headlight has one. The first gear you replace plan on 2-3 hours. Then when you know what you're doing it'll only take 30-45 minutes! My 3 gears all broke 1 year apart.
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