Late C4 Power Window Woes
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Nut Job
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From: Monticello Florida
Late C4 Power Window Woes
The driver side window is giving me fits. The regulator motor doesn't seem to stop when it encounters the resistance provided by the stop. Instead it keeps driving the window up until it reaches the full range of the regulator's full up position. It bends the metal front stop bracket into an upward angle of about 15 to 20 degrees and forces the rear stop and tilt adjuster up so hard it makes a cracking sound and bends the inner door wall. This is causing my window to be 1/2" too high when the door is closed. If I tap on the switch and lower the window about 1/2", the door closes fine and the window fits in the weatherstripping perfectly.
I don't know how the motor assembly works so that it stops when it encounters resistance but mine doesn't seem to work. I can't find any explanation of this on the internet. It seems counter-intuitive that the mechanism could fail in this way - i.e. needing too much resistance to stop. If it were to wear out, I would expect the opposite to happen - i.e. it would fail to go up when encountering the smallest amount of resistance. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Thanx
I don't know how the motor assembly works so that it stops when it encounters resistance but mine doesn't seem to work. I can't find any explanation of this on the internet. It seems counter-intuitive that the mechanism could fail in this way - i.e. needing too much resistance to stop. If it were to wear out, I would expect the opposite to happen - i.e. it would fail to go up when encountering the smallest amount of resistance. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Thanx
