Creaking window

[ard]

Originally Posted by Car_Girl

Since you probably can't hurt anything by trying this, grab a piece of fine grain sandpaper, stick it between the window and the door seal and lightly move the sandpaper right to left. The surface of the seal is too smooth so it's like gym shoes on a shiny gym floor - remember how they squeak in a basketball court? If you scuff up the rubber surface, the problem should go away if it's coming from the seal. And you won't need new seals!

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Anyone trying this, recognize this is purposefully scratching the paint.

If anything, maybe I'd use 600 or 400 grit, or a very aggressive compound to 'degloss' the surface a bit...IF I were convinced this was the cause.



Also, in prior models, using a rubber dressing, GummiPfledge as I recall, was another fix for creaking seals

[Howiedds]

Originally Posted by autoque

It may be temperature related. Mine started this about a month ago, got noisier as time went by and now it's a constant annoyance, creaking on every little bump and turns, and whenever the chassis flexes.

i took some window cleaner and wiped the top edge of the window
it stopped creaking, but then again it was 85 out...could be a temp related creak, but that would be annoying, because the creaking was happening around the 70s

[Car_Girl]

Scratching what paint?

I didn't mention that if you roll the window down first, the slot where the window goes up and down leaves a small opening where the window pops back out between 2 weather strips.

If the sandpaper is left flat like it is in the new package when you buy it at the store, take the flat sheet, insert it into the slot (hold onto it tight so you don't drop it into the slot!) and press the gritty side toward the surface which contacts the window when the window is rolled up.

You can do the outside or inside strip first, but after slight scuffing on the one side, wipe off any excess sand that might still be on the strip, do the other side, wipe again and be sure all sandy residue is completely removed so you don't scratch any window tinting or the glass itself if there's any grit left behind.

There shouldn't be any contact with paint if you don't fold the sandpaper in half and contact the outside of the weather strip. You only need to do the part that contacts the window and that would be the inner part of each seal.

I'm sorry if my first post was confusing. I wouldn't suggest anything that could damage the paint of someone's car. Just trying to offer a helpful suggestion. Squeaks like these would bug the beebers out of me.

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