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physh

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  • Member For: 22y 2m 26d
  • Location: Canberra

Weird.

Noticed over the last couple of days the following behaviour from my window:

1. When winding up from any position after winding down, I get a loud CLUNK from inside the door. None of the other windows do this.

2. When drivers window reaches full closed position, there is an even BIGGER clunk that shakes the door.

Anyone else seeing this sort of thing?

booked it in to the dealer for monday anyway.

Cheers

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  • Member For: 22y 2m 26d
  • Location: Canberra

Fixed - drove in and drove away half hour later.

It's a cable that the window goes past that contacts the glass, when the edge of the glass goes past, it clunks back into place.

15 minutes and a cable tie... yay...

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  • Member For: 21y 2m 4d
  • Location: South of Melbourne, near the sea
Weird.

Noticed over the last couple of days the following behaviour from my window:

1. When winding up from any position after winding down, I get a loud CLUNK from inside the door. None of the other windows do this.

2. When drivers window reaches full closed position, there is an even BIGGER clunk that shakes the door.

Anyone else seeing this sort of thing?

booked it in to the dealer for monday anyway.

Cheers

Not sure it's due to the same thing but I have been complaining to the dealer about a very harsh thump and accompanying door shake when the drivers side window "bottoms out" ever since new - every time told that it's normal and they all do it.

amazed me that FMC were able to replicate the "quality feel" (not!) of a 1972 Jag electric window in a 2003 build vehicle.

Finally got to see the service manager and he agrees it's not right and needs a proper look the next time it goes in.

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  • Member For: 21y 7m 7d
  • Location: On the edge
Weird.

Noticed over the last couple of days the following behaviour from my window:

1. When winding up from any position after winding down, I get a loud CLUNK from inside the door. None of the other windows do this.

2. When drivers window reaches full closed position, there is an even BIGGER clunk that shakes the door.

Anyone else seeing this sort of thing?

booked it in to the dealer for monday anyway.

Cheers

physh,

There was a TSB released addressing this problem on the early built BA's(before Jan 03)(TSB13R/03).It involves the cable getting stuck on a weld nut on the inner door panel when almost in the fully closed position or fully opened posi. There were 2 fixes for this.The first was to drill a hole along side the weld nut and secure the window cable with a nylon tie, or fit a bolt to the weld nut that was long enough to stop the cable from actually getting stuck on it.

Good to see that it was fixed properly though.

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  • Member For: 21y 11m 21d
  • Location: Perth, Western Australia
Not sure it's due to the same thing but I have been complaining to the dealer about a very harsh thump and accompanying door shake when the drivers side window "bottoms out" ever since new - every time told that it's normal and they all do it.

Mine does that too, ocassionaly. Adds to little list of things to do when it next goes in after the new year, like ocassionaly leaking coolant.

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