|
I've spent the last two days doing surgery on my rear doors. Both windows have been displaying clip and/or regulator failure for many months, to the extent that I've put them both on the list of switches not to operate in the car. I also needed to repair some plastic bits on both door cards. The factory glue has gotten so soft that the black plastic bits that hold the panel clips end up breaking away and staying with the door when I pull the door card/panel.
Additionally, the rear side impact door air-bags have been unplugged since the car was new. I vaguely remember that since our kids were in car seats the dealer said they would deactivate them, then re-activate when they were out of the car seats. We moved long before that and the car became the dog and airport car so I never bothered. I figured I'd plug them back in since I was in the doors anyway and I have a Foxwell now to reset the codes. No luck on this one. It looks like the dealer coded them out of the software. Yet another reason to get and learn how to use ISTA I guess.
Regarding the broken plastic on the panels, I've found that JB Weld plastic two part (brown tube) seems to work best of what I've got to choose from at Auto Zone and it sets in about 15 minutes.
The left door was a broken clip but the right door was a failing regulator, which exploded off the rail for good after I detached the window and was troubleshooting it. Good timing. I'll cut a piece of wood to wedge the window up with and order a new regulator. I'd love to meet the team that engineered that crappy system and see if any of them ever owned an X5.
__________________
Current
Original owner 2002 E53 X5 4.4i to 4.6i swap
2026 G80 M3 6 spd
2025 G06 X5 50e
Former
1972 Audi Fox
1986 Saab 900S
1996 BMW Z3
1998 BMW E36 M3 Sedan
2004 BMW E46 M3
2006 Audi A3 Quatro
1993 Mopar 318 Jeep Grand Cherokee
2015 V6 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Last edited by Henn28; 10-20-2021 at 02:00 PM.
|