planet4ever
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Our passenger side window has always rolled up more slowly than the driver's side one, and there was even a short thread on this way back when. But today it got worse. "How come I can't get the window to roll up?" my wife asked. "Let me try from here," I suggested, and my button did work, though even more slowly than usual. "That's odd," I thought. Later she rolled it down again - she likes more fresh air than the climate control system seems to want to pump out. Naturally, after we pulled into our driveway, she told me, "It's not working again." This time my button didn't work either, even after I tried "rocking" it. It would move a little bit, like a power drill with a dead battery.
Since the car sits outside, and it's supposed to rain tonight, this began to seem like a problem. The window was sticking out a couple of inches above the door frame; I'm not sure whether she hadn't rolled it all the way down, or was able to roll it back up a little ways. We solved the problem temporarily by her pulling up on the window while I pulled up on the button on my side. Once it got about two thirds of the way up it went the rest of the way by itself.
I swear, we have never poured Coke down inside the door frame, or taken the panel off, or anything like that. I'll try to get in to the dealer in the next few days, but I'm sure wondering about the likely cause. Worn out motor? Bad wiring connection? Improperly lubricated? Sticky sealing goop that went somewhere it shouldn't during manufacture? Water that got inside the door and rusted something?
Ray
Since the car sits outside, and it's supposed to rain tonight, this began to seem like a problem. The window was sticking out a couple of inches above the door frame; I'm not sure whether she hadn't rolled it all the way down, or was able to roll it back up a little ways. We solved the problem temporarily by her pulling up on the window while I pulled up on the button on my side. Once it got about two thirds of the way up it went the rest of the way by itself.
I swear, we have never poured Coke down inside the door frame, or taken the panel off, or anything like that. I'll try to get in to the dealer in the next few days, but I'm sure wondering about the likely cause. Worn out motor? Bad wiring connection? Improperly lubricated? Sticky sealing goop that went somewhere it shouldn't during manufacture? Water that got inside the door and rusted something?
Ray