AgRunner06

Does anyone know how to fix the rear windows? They just go down too slow. I've got tint on my car too, so I need something that is safe for the tint.

Thanks

outdoorfever

thats a great question..sorry i dont know the answer, but i have the same problem. i want an answer too

L33T35T 4Runner

same problem

i just do one at a time

Cebby

Pull the tailgate cover and lube/clean the rear track. I use white lithium grease or silicone spray in the mechanism and side channels. The rubber gasket around the top of the glass also gets a shot.

Not sure what this stuff will do to tint

Victor

I think he means the windows in the rear doors. One at a time helps but I think slow operation is normal.

Corey

iTrader: (1)

My two rear door windows are slow as well, not fast like the fronts.
I think it's the norm.

Bumpin' Yota

I wonder if this is due to voltage drop, like what can be experienced with the fuel pump. After my final, it will be time to break out the DMM!! Yeah baby!

steve

Firefyter-Emt

Yep.. they suck.. I have replaced a window regulator and 2 new toyota motors since 98.. and today, I have to go and push it up by hand to get it to shut... I have lubbed the crap out of it, and all that. It is time to go do it again.. The best thing to help is to find the feed wire from the relay in the back (12v+) and run a new fused wire off the alternator.. this will give you the most apms to the window when the rtruck is running.. I ran 8ga off my aux fuse box when I made my own relay kit for the rear window motor.. I have thought about drilling a hole thru the licence plate to add a crank handle...

rimpainter.com

Must be a 2nd gen thing, mine are pretty quick.

az4x4runner

Mine are really slow too, one of them doesnt even like to go down all the way, it just kind of stalls...

Stump1883

It's nt just 2nd gen thing, my 96' rear window is begining to show a bit of fade when it comes to the great window race. The only one that really goes down at a good pace is the dirver side, front window, all the others are a bit lagged, the rear (gate) window is the slowest of all, I justify it by it just being big and takes alot more to move it. It doesn't bother me that mucn, is this a constent prolem w/ the 2nd gens, sorry I'm just wondering, seeing how I'm in he market for one.

Firefyter-Emt

Yea, but you 3rd gen guys don't HAVE to roll it down all the way just to open the freaking door.. Gawd, some day I am gonna graft on a 3rg gen hatch.. Plus, when it is raining, we have to sit there with key in hand, interior getting wet, while we to the slow crawl to hell..

Victor

Lee I like the fact that we have a tailgate and not a hatch. I guess the fact that we don't get but maybe 10 days of rain per year slides me towards the tailgate crowd. Also the shocks on those hatches wear out real quick in the 100+ heat we get around here.

RTdawgs

my 93 had slow rear windows, and now my '00s are starting to slow :cry:

AgRunner06

Does anyone know what causes the windows to slow? Maybe the motor wearing out or increased friction in the weatherstripping or door.

This may seem kind of funny. I just thought of this. I wonder if KY jelly would be safe on the tint and still lube up (no pun intended ) the edges of the windows. If I remember right the KY is water-based.

Just a thought. Let me know what you guys think.

Bob_98SR5

93:

KY? Sweet! But I think silicone lubricant would be better since it would hold up in the rain.

Has anyone thought about switching the motors, if possible? For example, the front driver's side gets the most use. So how aobut switching the motors from the front driver's to the rear passenger's side?

Bob

AgRunner06

My first thought was to go with silicone lubricant too. Then I thought about what it might do to my tint. I want to find something that is safe for tint, but will fix the slow window problem.

95_4X4Runner

I sprayed STP Silicone spray in a can with the little red tube into the window channels, and it really sped up the windows going up/down. It was kind of weird though, it worked better the next day.

Cebby

I guess I should have gathered that from the "s" on the end of window. Duuuuuuuuh!

BTW, mine are slow too. They seemed faster prior to my window modules for my alarm being installed.

I think they need the same treatment as the rear window.

Cebby

I guess I'm not the only one to have kicked this one around...