Sticky windows...

agarbati · 11-17-2005, 01:08 AM

So it dropped below freezing here. I go out to run an errand, try to lower the rear left window and it won't budge. I depress the button 3 or 4 times and finally on the 5th try it opens up and I can hear it breaking loose from a frozen seal. I try the other windows and they all open on the first push but I hear them all breaking loose from a frozen seal.

I'm wondering if this is going to be a recurring problem for the next few weeks cause I can't figure out anything I might have done to cause condensation to build up around the windows that may have frozen them shut.

Driver's window opened fine, without crackling open.

David328M-Sport · 11-17-2005, 05:04 AM

is your car parked outside rather than say in a garage?

Maybe a little water over the icy areas before opening may help. I would have thought that the seals would be better than that.

F32Fleet · 11-17-2005, 07:40 AM

ohh where's the gummipheldge(sp?) when u need it?

thd13 · 11-17-2005, 08:23 AM

Just pour hot water all over your windows right after a nice freeze. That should open them...

agarbati · 11-17-2005, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David325Australia

is your car parked outside rather than say in a garage?

Maybe a little water over the icy areas before opening may help. I would have thought that the seals would be better than that.

Nope - car is in garage. I probably won't run into it again until spring cause it's going to stay below freezing for the rest of the winter now in this tundra. I'll dig up this thread then, or if I encounter it again.

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agarbati Second Lieutenant 39 Rep 279 Posts Drives: E90, Saph Blk 330i Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minneapolis iTrader: (0)	Sticky windows... So it dropped below freezing here. I go out to run an errand, try to lower the rear left window and it won't budge. I depress the button 3 or 4 times and finally on the 5th try it opens up and I can hear it breaking loose from a frozen seal. I try the other windows and they all open on the first push but I hear them all breaking loose from a frozen seal. I'm wondering if this is going to be a recurring problem for the next few weeks cause I can't figure out anything I might have done to cause condensation to build up around the windows that may have frozen them shut. Driver's window opened fine, without crackling open.
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