sticky wet window
 

I've noticed that after washing the car the driver's side window will come back up wet after going down even a day or so after washing. Following the rains this week, today my window didn't want to go down easily, sticking a bit. After bringing it back up it was wet (outside of window). I took a quick look at the drains on the bottom of the door and they didn't feel stuffed up, but I didn't have a flashlight to shine up in there (will do that later).

What should I check first? Is is just one of the seals retaining water? The window seems to be getting wet near the top (ie if I drop it a few inches then put it back up the bottom of the outer window is then wet).

There's a felt strip behind the rubber window seal.check that first. The rubber outer seal is easy to remove and cheap to replace if you need to.

This the part?

Coupe Window Channel - This is the U-shaped velvet channel that helps to guide the window as it is being rolled up. If the window is difficult to roll up, it may be because of a worn window channel.

actually, I think it might be this one:

Window Outer Seals - This is the seals which removes water from the window when you roll it down. It is sometimes called the squeegee.

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This a pry out the old and push in the new, or do I have to pull stuff apart? The Bentley manual doesn't have much detail or mention this part.

Nostatic, you may want to pull the door panel off and lube the channels of the window and the track for the "scissor" mechanism (window regulator) that runs horizontally across inside of the door.

Bentley show the weather strip to just pry out. My model uses retaining clips like the ones on the door panel. I would think yours is the same.

There will be no way to get your window to stay dry because there is a (furry) scraper/wiper under the outer squeegy (sp) that holds water. The reason your window is still wet days later is because the weather hasn't been warm enough to evaporate the water. Nothing wrong, just a design issue.

I guess you could remove that part...
it snaps into the door and is a pita to get to, I just recently replaced mine because it rusted and disintegrated.

What's a good lube for the window channels? Ideally something that won't migrate onto the glass.

but Steve, the driver's side window stays wet for days after rain/wash (and is starting to not want to come down) whereas the passenger side dries in about a day. I figure somethings got to be going on...if it were just the feature aspect I'd expect them both to be about the same.

Maybe it is the wet blanket personality of the driver...

another data point...it has trouble going down, but goes *up* without a problem (Viagra-fied?). Seems to me that maybe the outside window outerseal is binding? Or is that behavior consistent with something else physical/mechanical?

i believe they start to stick with age - mine do.

i just use talc on them, works fine.

won't stop the wet though....:(

By any chance is there a protective bit of plastic that might be fouling your window, and at the same time not preventing the window from getting wet?

Not sure on this one: I have pulled my doors apart twice now and do not recall seeing any sort of protective sheet.

John

Todd, the problem is easily resolved by not washing the side windows like you would the rest of the car. Use just enough water to rinse off the suds and don't spray water at the window. This cured the problem for me. As for when it rains, I don't think anything would help because of the water will be retained in the felt strip.

my 76S does the same thing tore the pannel off lube and all that, No change I just spray some Armor All in the window track and roll up and down a few times and It's good for about 3-6 months Try It!

Try Wurth HHS 2000 spray grease. Sprays like a fluid and then quickly dries to a long lasting grease. Really good stuff. Worked great for door hinges that were constantly squeaky on my daily driver. A good shot of HHS 2000 should last a long time in the window tracks.