window woes

[Danton J.A. Cardoso]

You know, power window lifts have been around for a significant number
of years, and still they are not fail-safe.  What is up with that?
Just sayin.'

On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Mark
Rosenkrantz<speedracer.mark at gmail.com> wrote:
> 95% that the issue is the regulator (the track mechanism).  I just changed
> yet another one the other night... on my Escalade while waiting for some RTV
> to skin over on a VW GTiVR6.
>
> Mark Rosenkrantz
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Tess McMillan <tessmc at eskimo.com> wrote:
>
>> When pulling into a parking lot recently, I rolled up the driver's rear
>> window and just before the window closed completely it made
>> kind of a catastrophic clunkety-clank noise. Further depression of the
>> winder button resulted in a whirring motor noise, with tiny up-and-down
>> wiggles of the window, but no closure. The ground was really uneven so
>> later in the day when I got the car parked on much more level ground, I
>> tried again and was able to get the window all the way closed. However,
>> now she won't open.
>>
>> Patient is an '88 80 Quattro.
>>
>> Any idea what replacement parts might be needed and whether or not these
>> are even made any more?
>>
>> Sorry for the vague email. But I'm betting some of you can recall similar
>> experiences with your older patients?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Tess
>> in Bellevue, WA USA
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