It has been in the 20's here lately with plenty of frost and I noticed when leaving work that the windows are frozen in the up positioon. This means when I open the door the window cannot drop down and I am forcing the door open while binding the window. What is going to happen when we having freezing rain and its even worse? Any experience/ideas on this?
Frozen windows
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i have had my car for nearly 4 years now. i have experienced much worse weather than you describe, and have not had any issues with operation of the windows after many occasions of them not dropping when you open the door. you'll be fine, IMO.
thursday night, it got to at least -18* that i saw, may have been worse. windchills were in the -25* to -35* range with freezing fog. it was so cold you could scrape your windows, and by the time you got in the car, it would be frosted over again.
makes for a long warm up when the car has to come to full temp and you are able to clear the windows with the defroster. i have also had at least a 1/4" of ice on the side windows with no problems afterward.
thursday night, it got to at least -18* that i saw, may have been worse. windchills were in the -25* to -35* range with freezing fog. it was so cold you could scrape your windows, and by the time you got in the car, it would be frosted over again.
makes for a long warm up when the car has to come to full temp and you are able to clear the windows with the defroster. i have also had at least a 1/4" of ice on the side windows with no problems afterward.
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i have had my car for nearly 4 years now. i have experienced much worse weather than you describe, and have not had any issues with operation of the windows after many occasions of them not dropping when you open the door. you'll be fine, IMO.
thursday night, it got to at least -18* that i saw, may have been worse. windchills were in the -25* to -35* range with freezing fog. it was so cold you could scrape your windows, and by the time you got in the car, it would be frosted over again.
I don't know what to say but "Damn". Being from California, what you're describing is theory only, LOL.
I don't even want to think about cold like that.
the mustang is not the first car to have the auto windows. higher end cars have had them for years. i think we will be alright in the long run. however, how will one determine that the ice contributed to a window motor failure? 
when things get old, they wear out. unless someone comes up with a poll to measure the differences of climate and the rate of failures, we will never know.
when things get old, they wear out. unless someone comes up with a poll to measure the differences of climate and the rate of failures, we will never know.
