well thats not good...
08-13-2007, 08:58 PM
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well thats not good...
For a long time every once in a while when I'd roll up my window I'd hear a sound like metal hitting glass but everything worked and looked fine. Yesterday however I heard the noise and the window stopped. When I got home I took apart the door to find 2 loose bolts and a bunch of shredded metal. It was not very much fun. The wiring harness had ripped out of the motor which is what caused the window to stop, but what caused the wiring to rip out was the fact that the whole lifting mechanism had moved and was no longer braced by the door frame. I'm just praying this is covered by the extended warranty 
08-14-2007, 05:26 PM
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its a 2002 with ~65k miles. I think what happened was one of the bolts backed out somehow and then that threw everything off balance and placed too much pressure on the other bolts. I can to that conclusion because one of the empty bolt holes was not misshapen but the other two with loose bolts obviously are misshapen
08-14-2007, 07:03 PM
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This is rather common. As soon as you hear any unusual noise from the window regulators or see misalignment it's very important to pull the door panel and check those bolts. If you catch it in time all you need to do is tighten them, if it goes on for too long then the result is what you see here.
08-14-2007, 07:52 PM
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This is rather common. As soon as you hear any unusual noise from the window regulators or see misalignment it's very important to pull the door panel and check those bolts. If you catch it in time all you need to do is tighten them, if it goes on for too long then the result is what you see here.
08-16-2007, 07:31 AM
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This is rather common. As soon as you hear any unusual noise from the window regulators or see misalignment it's very important to pull the door panel and check those bolts. If you catch it in time all you need to do is tighten them, if it goes on for too long then the result is what you see here.
08-17-2007, 07:36 PM
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looks like I'll be taking a trip to Subaru next week 
I'll remove my door panel before hand though so that they can shove their diagnostic fee up their *** 
I'll remove my door panel before hand though so that they can shove their diagnostic fee up their ***
08-17-2007, 11:39 PM
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I'm going in to the dealership (I hate those people) before work today with pictures of the two bolts and saying "ok, what do we do from here and is it covered under warranty?" and they'll go "well we're going to have to charge you $100 for diagnostics and then decide from there" at which point I'll go "tell ya what, I'll come back tomorrow with the door panel removed and you can look at it right here, no other 'diagnostics' really need to be done"
will post up results later
will post up results later
08-23-2007, 08:03 PM
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well, the POS third party warranty purchased with the car was good for 24 months/24k miles from when the car was purchased, therefore, it has since expired.
New door from subaru $550+tax+paint
New door from subaru $550+tax+paint
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