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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 09:54 AM
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Default Door Locks not working very well

For about five months my power door lock on my passenger rear hasn't worked right. I have to push the lock about 3 times for it to completely unlock. So yesterday I decided I would pull off part of the door panel and lubricate everything. I lubed everything around where to door handle is and also on the outside of the door latch. I did this with all 4 doors and now my car locks and unlocks like a new car. Not bad considering i've never lubed anything since i've had the car and i've put on almost 50K. Now if I could only just get my electric windows to run a little faster. But i'm not about to tear clear into my door panel to fix that. I'll just leave my windows up and run the AC this summer.
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Old Feb 15, 2004 | 12:08 PM
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Yeah, those 87-91 windows are slow. When I had a new run channel put in my 89, the window could not even make it all of the way up for a while... :(
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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Anyone know of a fix for these windows. New motors? New regulators?
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 12:36 PM
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I'd suggest that if they're working, just not very well, do the old lube-job on it and give it some time. Hit all the pivot/sliding joints, channels, etc.
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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 08:40 PM
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Indeed, I cringe at the speed of my car'* power windows

... our Nissan does it so fast, *click* *fweeeeee* window down.
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 02:09 PM
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I don't know what you guys are talking about, my windows work great! Oh wait... I don't have fancy power windows...
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