Finally fixed my slow drivers side window

[gobble]

After two years of weak attempts to fix my slow drivers side window, I finally decided to do it right and take the whole door apart. Squirting silicone down the tracks is useless. It now works great.

Once you know what you're doing, this isn't that hard of a job. I found that the rear sash doesn't have to be removed. Its hard to figure out what parts of the door need to be taken apart just by looking at the service manual.

I did the following:

1. Remove door panel
2. Remove speaker and window controller
3. Remove plastic moisture barrier
4. Remove front sash cover and outer molding
5. Loosen front and rear sash
6. Loosen lock assembly by removing three bolts from the side of the door
7. Remove window stops
8. Remove inner molding
9. Remove window
10. Remove window tracks. The rear track can be removed by simply holding the rear sash out of the way
11. Clean and lube tracks. They were really gunked up.
12. Reinstall

Its not that bad of a job. Just make sure you mark all the bolts you remove and put them back together in the same positions. I had to do some window adjustments afterwards which can be a pain.

 

[sjones]

I am taking mine to the dealer to have the dali window fix-it installed and let them adjust my windows for the windnoise.
I know if I did it myself, I would screw it up.

 

[ibDursty]

How much faster did the windows go up and down relative to the way the operated when they were dirty? Like 10% 20% faster? Can you time your windows to see how many seconds it takes to go from fully down to fully up so I can compare? I don't know if mine or slow or fast. It seems like they are a little on the slow side though, at least compared to my acura CL.

 

[gobble]

I'm guessing something like a 300% improvement. It probably takes about 3-4 seconds for the window to roll up now. It used to take forever and sometimes wouldn't make it all the way up without releasing the button and trying again.

 

[sjones]

how difficult is it to adjust the windows for windnoise once you have the paneling off?

 

[gobble]

There are several pages in the service manual that discuss it. The hardest part would be taking the door panel off and on. It should just be a matter of adjusting the bolts that hold the rails in. My guess is that you want to pull the top of the window towards the car which means pulling the top bolts in a bit. I believe you have to adjust the bolts with the window all the way down.

 

[nsxtasy]

There are several pages in the service manual that discuss it.

Yup. You'll find it in the Body section. The first page of each section is a table of contents. Look for Doors - Glass Adjustment.