I bought my '01 X5 4 months ago - unknowingly - with a bad drivers window regulator. After a few hours in the wintry garage, (with trusty heater), and a $220 window regulator replacement from the dealer, the repair was done and I found myself an X5 world (X'
outpost'(?)) addict.
Last week, the front passenger window first started '
clicking' as it traveled up up and down and then 'failed' -
stuck in the down position.
Just as I was about to begin taking the door apart to repair it, my man MrBMWX5 happened to call about another matter. He then told me that he knew how to Rx my existing mal-functioning window regulator - provided it's cable wasn't broken.
I packed the family in the car and
flew the 50 miles to his place. The plan was to have the wife and daughter get their nails done while we did the window Rx.
He not only had the door apart, window regulator removed, repaired and reinstalled and the car ready to go, but had this all accomplished
before the girls had finished their nails!
The fix was amazingly simple -
sticky(?) - my man is very creative at resolving mechanical issues.
If anyone has a mal-functioning window regulator and wants to save XX-hundreds of $$$, this Rx is a no brainer!
Thanx MrBMWX5
05-13-2009, 09:18 AM
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