Re: e-36 window funkiness

["David R. Lefebvre" <drl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try spray silicone or KY jelly on the window seal or a new window seal. My 
E36 does the same thing periodically. It goes away when it's raining.

At 12:47 PM 3/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello again,
>Thanks to everyone that replied to the O2 sensor question, I'll be checking
>the plugs, air filter, ICV and searching for minor vacuum leaks this weekend.
>
>The other problem I'm having is the driver's side window.  (The car in
>question is a 95 318ti).  I've tried trading switches with the passenger side
>window, but that hasn't helped.  When I push on the UP button hard enough
>(past the "detent" feeling in the switch) to activate the "One Touch Close"
>function, the window goes up approximately 1/4 of the way, and then stops and
>goes down about an inch.  If I push it again, it goes up another 1/4 of the
>way, then drops an inch.  If I keep doing this it does go all the way up, or
>I can just hold the button and make it go all the way up like I did in lesser
>vehicles.  Like I said, the passenger side window one-touch up and down works
>fine, and trading switches between the two sides had no effect.
>Does this sound familiar to anybody?
>Thanks,
>Jake
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