162K miles - first window regulator failure!!!
 

Despite all of the other issues I have had with my X over the past few years, I just had my first window regulator failure this weekend. Pretty day on Friday driving home from work so I had all the windows and sunroof open. Got home, hit all of the buttons to raise the windows and from the rear passenger window I hear something that sounded like the window cracking into a million pieces and watched it slowly drop back into the door.

Just opened it up and it appears I have a cable failure - cable is all unwound and looks like a bird nest. I am assuming the cracking noise I heard was just the cable coming unwound and scraping against the glass.

Now I just need to figure out how to secure the window in the Up position until I can get a new regulator...

Now I just need to figure out how to secure the window in the Up position until I can get a new regulator...[/QUOTE]


I used to use a plasitc shim from Home Depot. The type a carpenter would use to shim a door. Two actually one on each side of the window. Worked great.

Pretty impressive mileage for the first failure.

Very impressive. Mine failed at 58K.

Don't wanna jinx myself but I'm right around 83k miles and haven't had it happen yet!