Door glass hangs out too far on '01 Imprezza

[JM1NA]

Hi all,

Both driver's and passenger front door windows on our Brighton wagon don't seem to pull in enough when the doors are closed. You can see daylight between the glass and the rubber seal(which causes a water leak and lot's of wind noise) at the rear top corner of each window. There seems to be excessive play when I wiggle the window, but maybe that's the way they're supposed to be? They don't seem to compress the seal at all.

Anyone else deal with this and are the channels they set in adjustable to take up the slack?

 

thx

[gbhrps]

JM1NA,

The door glass is adjustable, unfortunately you have to remove the interior door panels to get at the window track adjusting points with a wrench. This isn't a difficult job to do, but rather a job of loosening the lock nut or bolt, move the track appropriately, and then retighten the lock nut. Its a trial and error type of job, but not beyond the adventurous DIYer. If in doubt, a good bodyshop can do the job in quick order. Good Luck!

[mtsmiths]

Or, just grab the outside rearview mirror housings and gently bend 'em in toward the car. This is the 'approved' fix for door seal whistling. Works too, I was a hero in Hawaii when I fixed the noise on my BIL's Forester.

[JM1NA]

Thanks guys,

I'll take the door panels off and give it a shot....

[idosubaru]

more likely scenario isn't adjustment, but that the window actually popped out of alignment. this is going to be very difficult to explain in words and not knowing all the little parts. but towards the front of the door is a catch mecahnism...a stopper of sorts. the part that catches this can jump over it, such that it doesn't actually catch it anymore and the window will appear out of alignment and loose. you need to loosen or remove one bolt for this catch and turn it properly and retighten. unfortunately it's usually only one window, you're in a real pickle here. the easiest way to check things out is to remove both door panels and have a look at all the little components and stoppers and such. but since both are bad you can't compare like that. and i don't know how different the rear windows are, never worked on one.

 

anyway, i've found that this happens in cold weather. ice/snow will cause the window to stick to the vehicle and when you pull it open, it bends or forces the glass such that the stoppers will hop over where they're supposed to be. there's my terrible terminology, i don't know jack about power windows but i have fixed a few. of course this is for vehicles with no frame, just glass resting against the veihcle. i'm not sure what an 01 impreza has - just glass or frame too?

[JM1NA]

They're frameless, and these are standard non power windows. But thanks, you gave enough description that I'll see what I can find up front...

 

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