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On the last couple of mornings the side windows on my Cayman have been frozen shut. When I open the door the motor goes crazy trying to drop the window but fails and gives up after a few attempts.
I can open the door but when closed the window sits on top of the seal so there is lots of road noise.
Any ideas how to solve this? I tried some silicon spray on the front seal of the window but maybe I need to do the bottom seals as well?
Just wondering if anyone had come up with a good solution.
I can open the door but when closed the window sits on top of the seal so there is lots of road noise.
Any ideas how to solve this? I tried some silicon spray on the front seal of the window but maybe I need to do the bottom seals as well?
Just wondering if anyone had come up with a good solution.
Yup, I take a sports drinking bottle of lukewarm tap water out with me every morning. Squirt the water around the edges where the window is likely to have stuck to the seals and it starts to budge in no time.
The main problem I have in winter is the bloody windscreen washer nozzles freezing. Takes forever for them to thaw out too as there is no engine warmth to defrost them like in a front engined car.
The main problem I have in winter is the bloody windscreen washer nozzles freezing. Takes forever for them to thaw out too as there is no engine warmth to defrost them like in a front engined car.
+1. I don't like it but this method does work. It makes a mockery of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D44aggufyu0
If they can't even get in the car in the first place how can they test it. It was only -5 here in Oxfordshire, not -35. The window's really had a problem. It took me 20 minutes to get mine to work. I thought they were properly broken.
If they can't even get in the car in the first place how can they test it. It was only -5 here in Oxfordshire, not -35. The window's really had a problem. It took me 20 minutes to get mine to work. I thought they were properly broken.
cay said:
I can open the door but when closed the window sits on top of the seal so there is lots of road noise.
Happened to me a couple of evenings ago, there was a build up of ice on the bottom edge of the window, attacking it with deicer and a scraper got me in but there was still a nasty sound as the glass broke away from the rubber seal it had frozen to.RSGulp said:
Search on eBay UK for 'Einszett Gummi Pflege Stick'. It's a German product which solves this problem.
My brother uses it in Germany on his cars and never has sticking windows and it gets a LOT colder than us where he lives - it was around -15°C there last night.
Here is a link to their site http://www.einszett.co.uk/Gummi-Pflege.phpMy brother uses it in Germany on his cars and never has sticking windows and it gets a LOT colder than us where he lives - it was around -15°C there last night.
doneitnow said:
RSGulp said:
Search on eBay UK for 'Einszett Gummi Pflege Stick'. It's a German product which solves this problem.
My brother uses it in Germany on his cars and never has sticking windows and it gets a LOT colder than us where he lives - it was around -15°C there last night.
Here is a link to their site http://www.einszett.co.uk/Gummi-Pflege.phpMy brother uses it in Germany on his cars and never has sticking windows and it gets a LOT colder than us where he lives - it was around -15°C there last night.
doneitnow said:
Here is a link to their site http://www.einszett.co.uk/Gummi-Pflege.php
Or alternatively, get a small bottle of glycerine from the Chemists, costs less than a couple of quid and does exactly the same thing.RSGulp said:
Search on eBay UK for 'Einszett Gummi Pflege Stick'. It's a German product which solves this problem.
My brother uses it in Germany on his cars and never has sticking windows and it gets a LOT colder than us where he lives - it was around -15°C there last night.
Plus one for this.My brother uses it in Germany on his cars and never has sticking windows and it gets a LOT colder than us where he lives - it was around -15°C there last night.
Works a treat and it also seems to stop the odd squeak too.
Mine has done this the last few days too.
once the door is open and the motor is going crazy, I grab the window with both hands and wriggle it until it drops like its supposed to. once you've got the knack, its very easy to do and stops you having to mess about with cups of water or de-icer.
once the door is open and the motor is going crazy, I grab the window with both hands and wriggle it until it drops like its supposed to. once you've got the knack, its very easy to do and stops you having to mess about with cups of water or de-icer.
RudeDog said:
Mine has done this the last few days too.
once the door is open and the motor is going crazy, I grab the window with both hands and wriggle it until it drops like its supposed to. once you've got the knack, its very easy to do and stops you having to mess about with cups of water or de-icer.
You're quite right in that this often does the trick, but wiggling cold, brittle glass just frightens me. once the door is open and the motor is going crazy, I grab the window with both hands and wriggle it until it drops like its supposed to. once you've got the knack, its very easy to do and stops you having to mess about with cups of water or de-icer.
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