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Hello All,
My rear windows went out. First the driver's side. (There's a faint hum, but no motor sound.) Now, about a year later, the passenger side window started randomly falling an inch or so by its self. The motor still turns, but no matter if I pressed up or down, it would only roll it down. Long story short... After arguing with it several times, it is now all the way down and I can't move it back up. I can't even pull it up by hand. It feels like something is holding it in place at the bottom. The motor still runs, and I can hear one of the tracks (I think) moving. It will go all the way up and down though without moving the glass or anything else at all that I can see. Pics attached. Any ideas on what the issue could be?
Also, does anyone know how I can just physically move the window into place (rolled up) till I have time to repair it?
It's most likely going to need a new regulator/motor assembly, but try to re-sync the windows first. To do this, pull the fuses #32 and #33 (cabin panel) for a few minutes. This will reset the rear door controllers, so if this is a sync issue, it may help. Try raising the rear windows. If they move, then raise them fully, then hold the switch in the position for an extra 5 seconds. If not, then it's regulator failure.
I had a similar problem. I rolled down my right rear window and I heard it kind of grind and SNAP! It got stuck and $500 later, a new window regulator fixed the problem.
You don't necessary have to buy an entire window regulator, try first remove it and check what exactly is broken, there is a change that you can fix it with this kit (this particular one for left window) http://www.ebay.com/itm/322186303329?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I fixed mine about two moths ago.
Thank you Rudeney and Dzmitry. Awesome find on the refurbishing kit! I will try resetting via fuses soon as I can and let yall know. Work is busy right now, so I may have to cut out a piece of plywood to fit and paint it black just to get something to cover it. It seems like I should be able to just grab the glass and pull it up, but it wont budge.
Hello I know this is a very old thread but I have a 2005 CLK 500 Cabriolet and both rear window regulators are bad.
- I heard the grinding noise
I've dismanteled the rear seats and the side panel but my windows will not move up at all.
Do you have any tips/advice on how to get the windows rolled up so I can unbolt them from the regulator?
When I had my 2004 CLK500 I did one of the rear driver side window motor regulator. My window dropped in the middle of winter (snow) coming into my neighborhood. There was a hidden screw on the exterior behind the side molding. Lucky I had a home garage and took it straight to my friend shop the next day.
I had the plastic part of the regulator that holds the ends of the two cables break . I was able to get some gaff tape (or duct tape would probably work) taped on both sides of the small amount of glass sticking up. I taped both sides of the glass and stuck the tape together and I was able to pull the window up. It gave me a lot more to grab on to in order to pull it up. I also got a $25 repair kit and put it back together, but there are some plastic guides that slide up & down in a channel on the regulator that were pretty worn out. I looked for some replacements. I found something similar and close, but it ended up binding and keeping the window from going up. I put it back together with the old guides, but I'm fearful they may fail and cause either the window to stick or the plastic parts to break again. It took the better part of two days to complete the tear down and rebuild, probably a good portion of a day was spent doing multiple rebuilds of the regulator and installing it to test. It's really only when I drop the top that I run the rear window regulators, so I'm hoping I don't regret not spending the $500 for a new regulator. I don't think I'll take almost the whole car apart again to do that again.
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