2001 cabrio

travisyoung · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2011, 09:57:28 PM »

not sure that i will make it to the meeting, went out driving today and went to roll the drivers window down and pop, there goes the window regulator

volksnick · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2011, 11:55:30 PM »

Is it just me or does every 2000, 2001, 2002 era vehicle have crappy window regulators? Seems like everyone I know with a 2001 has had their windows drop randomly. My mother in law has had all 4 of her 2001 jeep grand cherokee's windows fall and all the regulators have been replaced. Must be a parts supplier issue.

Zen · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:12:03 AM »

You could be on to something Nick. Mom has a 2001 Cavalier . . . I've had to replace the window motor/gearbox in both doors. She's put a lot of miles on the car, but about the only time she rolls a window down is when she goes to the drive-through at the bank. I would bet money that the passenger side window had been through less than 1000 cycles when it went out a couple a years back.

travisyoung · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2011, 07:55:35 AM »

vw uses metal cables and plastic clips or guides that over time wear and break, they have had warranty extensions on some odels but i dont think the cabrio i one of them, being a convertable, i am pretty sure they are more expensive and they are def harder to install than the framed windows

Zen · « **Reply #19 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:51:06 AM »

I helped Justin repair the regulators in the '98 New Beetle he used to own. Seems like the replacement pieces were heavy duty compaired to the originals. For as advanced as most of the engineering on the car was, the widow regulators did seem a bit on the cheap side.

Power windows are nice, but manual regulators seem to give a whole lot less trouble! But for a lot of new cars, manual windows aren't even an option.

certdubtech · « **Reply #20 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:29:07 PM »

BMWs use a regulator clip that sucks just as bad....

I agree, all cars around that time have crap window regulators.

volksnick · « **Reply #21 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:39:44 PM »

Yeah, my brother's 2001 or 2002 X5 has had a lot of window issues as well....

certdubtech · « **Reply #22 on:** April 10, 2011, 08:45:25 PM »

Whenever I pull a car in, I try to leave a window down. Sometimes you get one with a wierd electrical issue and the doors may try to lock on it.

But, there's an important rule to observe. you bump the window switch for no more than one second at first. If you hear a crunching sound inside the door, you stop, grab hold of the window with the other hand, and roll it right back up....

travisyoung · « **Reply #23 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:04:22 PM »

makes it harder to get on the lift but trying to sell a window regulator on top of what else is wrong is never good

certdubtech · « **Reply #24 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:08:32 PM »

Quote from: travisyoung on April 10, 2011, 09:04:22 PM

makes it harder to get on the lift but trying to sell a window regulator on top of what else is wrong is never good

You are so right...

I love it when a customer is standing right there, and you go to roll down the window, hear the pop, and the window drops at the speed of light into the door.

volksnick · « **Reply #25 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:18:34 PM »

Quote from: certdubtech on April 10, 2011, 08:45:25 PM

Whenever I pull a car in, I try to leave a window down. Sometimes you get one with a wierd electrical issue and the doors may try to lock on it.

If the keys are in the car and I'm not, a window goes down. Whether its just to run and grab something, load something or whatever, its always down just a little bit. I like to roll down the back ones on my truck cause I can reach the slim jim behind the back seat- it helps to get the front doors open

cindy · « **Reply #26 on:** April 10, 2011, 09:35:45 PM »

Both back window regulators on the 2005 convertible have been replaced. One by the owner when we bought it and one by us. I think it was about $300.00 or so. Hope that plastic lasts a while.

travisyoung · « **Reply #27 on:** April 11, 2011, 07:07:16 AM »

it was suposed to be an improved material, saw the repair kits on sale on a link on this website for 5 dollars each from vw

travisyoung · « **Reply #28 on:** April 11, 2011, 11:34:51 AM »

used engine 400, window regulator 336

green1 · « **Reply #29 on:** April 11, 2011, 12:39:41 PM »

My 95 cabrio will need at least one, and probably two new regulators. I'm not looking forward to that at all.

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