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kal-el said:Well Stace, I would have never guessed you'd have a problem with a ford?:lol: But seriously, if one window won't go back up, you should try having one person forcibly on one side, manulally with both hands grabbing the wiondow, try to put it up, simeltaneously, sit in the car, and if it's power, press the window up button, if it's manual, try rolling it up. It probably won't help the grinding, but It should get it up. If you know somewhat what you are doing, you can fix the grinding noise yourself, of course that'll involve taking the inner-door moldig off, and it's simply a matter of probably a bad ground or a loose wire. If you're not that electrically-inclined, you'll probably have to take it to get fixed professionally. I don't know what your mechanic would charge, but if it's a dealership, watch out!
Stace said:We tried that.....we pushed the down button all the way till it didn't make any more noises, and then as I pushed it in the up position, hubby tried to slowly push the window up, too, but it didn't seem to catch.....
I'm a little electrically inclined, but I've never done any electrical work on a car before unless you count replacing fuses, lol. My brother in law MIGHT be able to help, but he wouldn't even be able to come out till next weekend.....grrr.....
Stace said:We tried that.....we pushed the down button all the way till it didn't make any more noises, and then as I pushed it in the up position, hubby tried to slowly push the window up, too, but it didn't seem to catch.....
I'm a little electrically inclined, but I've never done any electrical work on a car before unless you count replacing fuses, lol. My brother in law MIGHT be able to help, but he wouldn't even be able to come out till next weekend.....grrr.....
Stace said:Aw, I appreciate y'all trying to help me!! I tried to play with it a little more this morning, and I think I've determined that the motor is shot. I was getting it to cooperate with me a bit in the whole pushing thing, but the motor just won't go all the way up, so it ends up falling back down. I found a local place while searching online last night that will give me a free quote, I filled out a form right there on their website, so hopefully I'll hear back on that early tomorrow. They'll even come right here to my house to fix it, at no extra charge, which would be fabulous, because I have enough problems seeing out that side of the car (I'm almost blind in my left eye, so I have to actually turn my head a little) without a trash bag blocking my view!! And the good news is....I just found out that my credit card company has nearly doubled my credit limit, so I can just charge the repairs on there, even if it costs $500 or so....I don't want to do that, as we already have a lot of debt on that card (it's our card with the highest limit as it is!), but sometimes, you gotta do what you gotta do.
But now I can also get my front rotor fixed....it's been messed up for over a year now, from the last time I got the brakes changed....they turned my rotor, and ever since my car has been making a funny noise on the right hand side when I brake. I know the brakes themselves are fine, but somehow, the dealership (where I had the work done, no less) couldn't figure out what the problem was, even after we took it back four times....morons. Common sense would say that if the brake pads are fine, and in the proper place, you check the other work you did, but I guess that was asking too much. I know I'm gonna be shelling out nearly $200 for that one, but with the baby on the way and all, I need to get that fixed finally because I know it's a safety hazard.
Again, thank you guys for trying to help. I know it's hard to help diagnose a problem like that when you're not here and you can't see/hear for yourself, but you guys at least tried and I really do appreciate it!!
Stace said:But now I can also get my front rotor fixed....it's been messed up for over a year now, from the last time I got the brakes changed....they turned my rotor, and ever since my car has been making a funny noise on the right hand side when I brake. I know the brakes themselves are fine, but somehow, the dealership (where I had the work done, no less) couldn't figure out what the problem was, even after we took it back four times....morons. Common sense would say that if the brake pads are fine, and in the proper place, you check the other work you did, but I guess that was asking too much. I know I'm gonna be shelling out nearly $200 for that one, but with the baby on the way and all, I need to get that fixed finally because I know it's a safety hazard.
kal-el said:You said the brake pads themselves are fine? Cause most have a pad wear indicator on them, that when they get worn down, will make a screaching noise when applying the brakes. A noise could be almost anything, from your caliper to your bearings. You said your rotors were turned, I gather that means they were resurfaced? Most dealers don't refinish new rotors unless they exceed thickness or thiness specifications. Don't worry, that doesn't happen alot. That garage where you had the work done sounds rather incompetent, if it were me, I would remove the brake pads and caliper on the right side, and carefully place all that back again, and see if this noise persists. If it does, I would take it back to the garage and bitch like crazy. Lie and tell them it pulls to the right side, and it started a week after their garage did the work.
Stace said:I've had the brake pad removed and put back on.....this all happened in September of 2004, so there's no way I can take it back to the dealer now (I had the work done at the dealership where I bought the car)...besides, I don't even live in the same town now!! I'm just gonna take it to Pep Boys and have them take a peek, we've always received stellar service from them, so I know they'll take care of me. :mrgreen:
fooligan said:I assume you don't have power windows, since you 'roll' them up & down...
In either case, sounds like it's off track or the window itself has come loose from the seat.
A manual window is a relatively cheap fix to reset. $70?
Power window, I dunno... a little more. Depending on if its mechanical or electrical.
Stace said:lol....I stated in the first post that the windows are automatic/power. I've never used a term other than "roll" when talking about car windows going up and down. :2razz:
Cost me $240.....
I also had them check the brake thing I mentioned...they tried to tell me that the noise is coming from the back brakes. I'm sorry, but I'm not so hard of hearing that I can't tell where a noise is coming from. The guy said the brakes and all themselves are fine though
fooligan said:Ouch... sorry I missed that first part :/
My ex's Windstar had new brakes and still made noise (not a squeal, but a grinding)... I told her it would work itself out, and it did.
Good luck!
Stace said:Mine's not really a sqeauling noise...or grinding...it's kind of a clunking noise. It started when I had the brakes changed, and they turned my rotors as well, which leads me to suspect the rotor
Stace said:Maybe one of y'all might have some advice for me?
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