A little bad news is in order! Your problem is mostly the channels the window is riding in. When vehicles get over 10 years old, the rubber deteriorates all over the place .For example, the inside and outside rubber window wipers of the door glasses begin to get hard and crack. As the various parts that move the glass also begin to wear, the electric motor gets weaker, and the window regulator begins to wear also. There are a few fixes. Cheapest is to lubricate the window channel. I use silicone spray, depending on the outside air temperature what you should use. The colder it gets where you live, the less options you will find in the winter. A new window motor and/or regulator might help. The rubber & felt channels are available, but are really hard to install. You have to tear the door all apart to do so. J.C. Whitney out of Chicago sells the channels, I don't know if they'll fit or not. If you do all this, and everything turns out like a new car, you may well qualify to work in a body shop!
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A little bad news is in order!
Your problem is mostly the channels the window is riding in. When vehicles get over 10 years old, the rubber deteriorates all over the place
.For example, the inside and outside rubber window wipers of the door glasses begin to get hard and crack. As the various parts that move the glass also begin to wear, the electric motor gets weaker, and the window regulator begins to wear also.
There are a few fixes.
Cheapest is to lubricate the window channel. I use silicone spray, depending on the outside air temperature what you should use. The colder it gets where you live, the less options you will find in the winter.
A new window motor and/or regulator might help. The rubber & felt channels are available, but are really hard to install. You have to tear the door all apart to do so.
J.C. Whitney out of Chicago sells the channels, I don't know if they'll fit or not.
If you do all this, and everything turns out like a new car, you may well qualify to work in a body shop!