I'm baaack! (and so are my window-woes)
So, it's been a few years. After a little haitus, one dashed federal career and scuttled whistleblower complaint, later, and my 2000 black beauty has finally suffered the death of her driver's-side window mechanism.
I'm talking dangling bits and pieces! :eek:
I've tried the track fix, btu it still kept hanging-up. One of the lone dealerships here, in Atlanta, recommended replacing the regulator after some other anomolous electrical problems (a 15 amp fuse kept erratically blowing).
Regulator fixed, the darn thing still was jumping out of alignment without manual guidance.
Big mistake: my kid-brother was visiting from Cali and I let him borrow my baby, but with the warning not to open or mess with the driver's window.
Of course, I got it back with one inoperable MF window! :(
I've dissected the patient and it looks like an F5 tornado had a good ol' time inside the door. One broken tab, the whole lift-arm dangling from the lift-cable and the regulator doesn't even seem to want to wind or unwind the slack. Oh! and other bits and pieces of plastic that I can't attribute to their source.
I've got to prop the window with a 2x4 to prevent the pane from spontaneously dropping until I can figure out a fix.
I know most of these threads regard fixing the track. Though it's been 2 years since the regulator was replaced (and probably didn't need it), I'm tempted to take it back to the dealer and demand their attention, but can't imagine their incompetence would have substantially improved
On the up-side, with just over 90k, she actually seems to burn fuel a bit more efficiently than originally, closer to 20 mpg than the original 17 mpg.
Help! :waag: :waag: :waag:
