Hi, I bought a new 300M about 2 months ago. I like it a lot. I think for the money its the best deal on the road. But, whats the deal with the sticking windows and how do you fix it? I rented a new Intrepid in LVegas and it did the same thing. When you let the window down It sounds like it is sticking to the weather stripping. How am I supposed to impress some body when It makes that noise.
Common solutions include a good cleaning of the rubber seals and the windows where they meet and depending on who believe either a blast of lubricant like silicon spray or a dry talcum powder. Also using the windows on a regular basis keeps them from getting stuck. Hot weather has a bad effect on them as well.
I have a 94 Duster that does same thing, try waxing and buffing off both sides of the windows, or apply that Rain-x stuff for windshields to them. Good chance it will make it quit. Saw ads for 300ms for around 23K, man that IS a good deal.
Some Toyota's are doing the same thing. You will probably need new weatherstripping unless the problem goes away permanently from a cleaning of the junk residue left on the glass by the weatherstripping.
300M's,Concorde,Intrepid all of the same platform have this condition, They all have the same design and the weatherstrips have to be kept clean, and more importantly, If you notice, you get a destinct "black line" on the inside edges of all the windows...and this is when your problem is more persistant. This must be kept clean periodically and the windows used frequently, if not just to roll it down then up again to keep it loose. This will help the long term life of your window motors and regulators. I've seen the costly repairs that a customer has to spend because the windows/weatherstrips are not maintained.
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