LoFi

My passenger window seems to have come adrift from the lifter. There was a noise and now the window does not move with the switch but it does go up and down by hand. I know how to remove the door card but I just wondered what to expect when I taken the plastic on the inside of the door off.

Any tips appreciated.

Piers LoFi

jgrosjean

Are you sure it is not the switch? They fail all the time.

LoFi

Pretty sure, unless both have failed at the same time.

Piers

Computamedic

The glass parting company from the lifter is not at all uncommon either. For reasons that I can't explain it seems our US cousins have a lot more trouble with the switches than we seem to do over here. Maybe it's something to do with the weather.

The problem I had with both windows on my car was that the lifter bar rusts and it's tension relaxes on the glass. The rubber filler strip just releases from the lifter when you lower the window - the lifter drops but the glass doesn't. There are two possible solutions. Which one you choose to use will depend on how much money you want to throw at the problem.

The cheap fix is to use some windscreen bonding adhesive (or similar) to hold the glass in the lifter. Works for me and has remained working for more than 2 years.

The more expensive solution is to buy a new lifter and rubber seal and install them. I have no idea how much but you can bet it won't be as cheap as a bit of adhesive.

Your choice.

Regards

Dave

LoFi

Thanks Dave, just what I needed. Now when peel back the plastic I have the right stuff to hand.

thanks again

Piers

Kahdmus

If one fails they all do.

It actually sounds like your certain its not the switch but just in case your not, you may want to check one of them isn't bust.

JONES199

When my window went bad I had two bad switches. It mad it really difficult for an amature like me to figure it out.

964russ

But if you bog it with sum glue the problem will resurface at a later date.

LoFi

Pretty sure not the switch - it was working but only going up and down half way, then there was a clonk and the window goes up and down freely by hand.

964russ - what would cause the adhesive to fail? I was thinking of using something like Sikaflex, which held the cycle wings on on my Caterham (since sold, sniff) at over 100mph.

Piers