window woes

[Huw Powell]

It's a bit tough to design *anything* to last "forever".  This is a 21 
year old car, and *one* window mechanism has failed so far?  And it's 
not even one you need...

Danton J.A. Cardoso wrote:
> 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 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.

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Huw Powell

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