Electric window

Hello,

Has anyone had any experience of front electric windows slipping out of alignment ?? On pressing mine down it came done 2 3rds of the way as norm but then seemed to slip fowards about 1cm then carry on down; which is fair enough, but when closing it then traps the outer rubber seal as it goes back up.

Is there some kind of guide mechanism that it's slipped out of ?

Cheers,

Craig

[markas]

Hi Craig,

Are you suffering from a rattle in the door when you open it and give it a shake about? If so the guide at the rear of the door as broken away from the screw which can be seen half way down the door when opened, under the latch assembly. Also the window lifter may be corroded itself. I have replace both of these for the same symptoms over times.

To check the lifter you need to take the side trim off and a few covers and you can see it if you operate the window up and down. You can also replace the guide rail at the same time if faulty, fairly easy to do.

Just some thoughts to get you going.

Mark

Cheers Mark,

Had a further play and the window is actually lose in that you can pull it up and down so it must have come out of the guides somehow. I'll have to take the panels off and check further but looking at the haynes manual it mentions moving the window regulator cassette which seems a bit tricky ??

Craig

if you have anyluck, please let me know... I bent the door frame a bit when I knocked the mirror, and although I bent it back, the window still needs pulling up at the top or else it goes on the outside of the frame and tilts towards the front of the car....

I tried looking in the haynes but couldn't work out how to "remove the motor" as it looked like I had to remove it to get to the bolts to remove it :p