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workingonit · #26 08-17-2022, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cn90

...- However, I hate this job of replacing win reg so much that I minimize its use, i.e., I avoid lowering the glass if I can. So:

1. No drive-through coffee! I stop at the shop and walk in for coffee, the old-school way lol.

2. At work, where I need to swipe a card to open the gate: so in order to swipte the card, I open the driver's door instead of lowering the glass....

I'm quite aware of the problems the X5 has with windows and sunroof, so I disabled the sunroof entirely, and never use the window switches at all, on mine. As far as I know, the windows, door handles, and associated gear are all 21-year-old originals, so I'm vey wary of using them.

I had window problems on my '86 S-10 during the first two years of ownership (bought it brand new), replacing the switches twice, and the driver's window track once. The last time, after the track & switch were installed, I never used that (or the other window) again, for the next seventeen years (but I'm sure the wife did, when she drove it, during its' last coupl'a years). Never wanted to chance it, at least on my part.

I've since used windows on my succeeding cars (both crank-up and electric), but very sparingly, and now knowing the propensity for failure of the X5 parts, I'll probably never tempt fate. I'm sorta gentle on the door handles, too, and have never broken the inside door handles on my '09 HHR Panel (which is infamous for broken handles), so I must have a light touch on them. No broken parts makes me happy.

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