How do I correct Error code #E45

Have miss placed users guide and need help to correct error #E45 Don't know about assigning points. Hope 5 points is enough.

Hi Donna,
I'm afraid all I've been able to find about this error in the past is that it's an internal lens error and most people say that the cost of fixing it is equivalent to a new camera. I know that's not what you want to hear. The good news is that one or two reviewers HAVE said that they called Kodak and got it fixed cheaply, so I guess it's a matter of calling them and seeing what they say.

Here are a few links talking about it:
http://www.stevesforums.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=77979&forum_id=2

http://volokh.com/posts/1136170949.shtml

who would one call to see about getting error E45 fixed cheaply?

SAME ERROR MESSAGE-E45- I HAVE THE OWNERS MANUAL AND CAN'T FIND AN ERROR LIST - LENS PROTRECTOR IS ABOUT HALF WAY SHUT

Hi Donna,
Sorry but the news is all bad. I read many posts on this subject and finally decided that the camera was pooped, so I took it to pieces (figured that it couldn't get any worse).
To understand what has happened you need to understand some fundamental rules about gear trains (between the motor and the lens there are a number of gears), as the speed is slowed down by the gearing, the load on the gears in the train increases. About one or two gears back from the lens there is a small gear which runs on a plastic spindle which is a moulded part of the lens body. That spindle shears off as a result of the load applied to it. The ONLY fix is a new lens carrier body. Unfortunately the construction seems to be......start with the lens body, and build EVERYTHING else on to it, so when you get to the lens body, you don't have a camera, you have a take-away container full of bits. It's probably cheaper to provide a new camera than repair the old one.
MY OPINION, for what it's worth is that it's a fundamentally bad design it would have been very easy to make that spindle twice the size thereby at least giving the thing a chance of surviving.
If you're interested I can send you photos of the offending parts.