The windows on the wife's Jetta have been freezing shut as of late. On cars with rubber seals, I use silicone spray to keep the from sticking, but this car has what feels like a very short velour. I am tired of taking the panel off and fixing it.
The windows on the wife's Jetta have been freezing shut as of late. On cars with rubber seals, I use silicone spray to keep the from sticking, but this car has what feels like a very short velour. I am tired of taking the panel off and fixing it.
No reason you can't silicone those channels, I've done it on my own cars. Doing this will prevent moisture from sticking to the velour and causing the windows to stick.
why do you need to open the window in the winter time? it's cold outside..
Yeah, it's cold outside, which is why we keep our seat warmers on and the heater temp on max while we get coffee and muffins at the drive-though. A key part of this excellent plan is working windows.
Count your blessings. Those are the ones that used to have the problem with the breaking power window regulators. Getting them open was not the problem...
I wouldn't want to be out in a canoe right now.
Stealthtercel wrote: Yeah, it's cold outside, which is why we keep our seat warmers on and the heater temp on max while we get coffee and muffins at the drive-though. A key part of this excellent plan is working windows.
you could make coffee at home, and buy a box of muffins at the store..
I've used Rain-X on the fuzzy seals around glass with success. It's less messy than silicone, too. It works great for keeping ice from sticking to windshields, as well. I'm just glad that I've moved further south and hardly ever need it now. :-)
Keith- no regulator problems, but we were one of the first cases of door locks that failed in the locked position. So the dealer opened the door with an air hammer. No, I am not kidding. She's still scarred to this day. Still, a TSB resulted, so others were saved the trouble. I will try the rainX as soon as it warms above freezing, which will be a week or so.
I had an early model of the same generation. Every year, on the first cold day, the glovebox door would celebrate by breaking off.
Mine had manual windows though 
Can't really help with the sticking problem, but I'd give the silicone spray a shot.
Not opening the windows isn't always an option, no matter how cold it is outside. Seeing through frosted glass at an intersection or rolling the window down to attend to a frosted over rear view mirror is always a possibility.
carguy123 wrote: Not opening the windows isn't always an option, no matter how cold it is outside. Seeing through frosted glass at an intersection or rolling the window down to attend to a frosted over rear view mirror is always a possibility.
this seems to work
http://www.instructables.com/id/Windshield-De-Icer-And-Ice-Prevention-Spray/
mistanfo wrote: The windows on the wife's Jetta have been freezing shut as of late. On cars with rubber seals, I use silicone spray to keep the from sticking, but this car has what feels like a very short velour. I am tired of taking the panel off and fixing it.
WAIT... you are taking the panel off?
dude, in an MK4 jetta (1999-2005) when the window comes off track, due to freezing closed, or any reason.. you just put the motor back up, nice and solid into the glass. it reseats itself on the glass. that is how it works. as long as you can get the glass up, (or if it stayed up) you are golden, and do not need to open anything.
as a second option: add a small block of wood to stop the motor, and the glass from fully going down. all you need is a tiny sliver of glass to get it back up, and the you can reseat the motor on it again: no panel removal needed.
(source: having a 2002, and 2003 jetta for the bast 6 years.. and being a smoker)
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