Windows stuck in the winter?
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Are your windows and doors sticking in the winter? Let me show you a few tips to help prevent it
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I have a Tesla X, and I live in Norway, where we have rain followed by cold - temperatures. The truth is that Tesla's frameless door design does not work in this climate unless you have a garage where you can keep your car dry and warm.
I can’t explain how frustrating it is to have the front door window freeze. The windows need to go slightly down to open the door safely, and I have experienced them getting stuck to the rubber seal when there’s some ice buildup.
Pre-conditioning the vehicle’s cabin temperature can help, but sometimes, it’s not enough. It takes a long time and drains the battery.
Tesla should offer standard doors in wet and cold Scandinavians climate. It's not practical and expensive for owners and Tesla Repair Center.
Apply with a rag moistened with the lubricant for better control and no overspray.
That's exactly what I was gonna say, no need to spray like that and make it more difficult, while you can spray the rag.
Yes ! Lol
Any silicone lubricant spray should work when applied with a applicator pad or soft rag. There's many of options as long as you wipe it off some examples are wd-40 , fluid film, cooking spray, any kind of spray wax or paste wax is better. My personal favorite is a product made by DuPont....snow & ice non-stick clear coating with Teflon in it. It's made for like snow plows and snow blowers etc...it's usually available at Walmart in the auto or motorcycle section
These are great tips! Thank you. We will have our first snow fall in NY tonight, this'll help completely. Thanks again,
The pre-refresh Model S had much smoother softer seals, a mobile tech told me they were experiencing tearing and premature wear so they went with the new rougher seals.
I have a Subaru Forester, vintage '07 which has frameless doors and rubber molding strips. Never had a freezing/sticking problem with it, nor any freezing problems at all. Of course, I live in FL! LOL.
It's so Silicon Valley that someone wrote a complex AI trying to learn from your private calendar (busy futuristic people always put things in their calendar!) but there is no simple "preheat every weekday at 07:30" setting.
Spray lots of WD-40 inside your door panels , lots .... before you get really cold weather.... and your windows won’t freeze 🥶..... rubber seals put silicone seal on them , on glass use glass treatment that changes the surface tension .... use -45 windshield solution in your water bottle at all times , replace your wiper blades every year , use Michelin Snow Tires in Winter . Drive Super Carefully, have a shovel and Food and Blankets in your car and Flares
Silicon polish may be better.
More precise.
Once it hardens, it should last much longer.
Won't impregnate the seal, leave marks.
All speculation, but worth trying first?
talc powder works great too for seals. And that avoid the silicon (especially regarding paint)
Vaseline also works great. It can be difficult to apply the right amount, but I've never had a car door freeze with this
Silicon damages some rubbers. Helpful info
Good video. Do we have to apply to glass window bottom frame and to door handle ?
Had a Subaru and had same problems. Thanks for the video and making it an issue that is not at all something you should write a letter to your mom about. ( Sorry Electra but you wrote more than one letter ;) )
O Yeah, Congrats Trev. I will be waiting outside your house for a ride when you get it.
Great and useful video- I’m guessing that same spray could be applied to the recessed area of the model 3 door handles
yes the door handles have a rubber liner on the inside just spray those.
Tell Bev happy birthday!
I use teflon or silicone spray for years! It's very easy!
How often do you reapply the spray?
Excellent question! 💡
I everything goes well once per season should do
Will the lubricant help the door go down though because im not getting a glass stuck to seal issue its more of a regulator maybe frozen thing because the door window just wont go down at all
I think the weather striping is rough to reduce sticking. Have you ever tried to stick a suction cup to a rough surface... No can do...I think that was their mindset.
I think my problem is iceing at the bottom of the frame on the door as the window remains stuck after it is away from the frame of the car. It also seems to actually happen most after I am inside the car and have been driving in snow for a while, how do I fix this?
Thanks Trevor, those are great tips for the door seals, for any vehicle really. I'm surprised that the 3 in 1 lubricant doesn't have the red "straw nozzel extender thing" like WD40 cans do to direct the flow more precisely, maybe the straw could be used universally? Do you find your window motors slow on cold days? My LEAF has that issue on the driver's side mainly.
Thanks for the video, do you suppose it would be beneficial to spray the cloth and wipe it on the surfaces?
Frameless doors are high maintenance stuff in my opinion.
It actually makes me less like the car, ads a layer of complexity I don't need :) is it just me?
100 percent agree. Always worry about that in my car, and it’s just so unnecessary. Makes me envy cars with normal framed windows.
Every vehicle I have owned has had framed windows. I now drive a BMW sports coupe with frameless windows. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Just gotta use common sense and patience in the winter. Or call an Uber 😂😂
Btw, Honda makes and sells an exceptional product for exactly the purpose of this video, protecting/lubricating door and window seals. Yes, Honda Motor Company. It's called "Shin Etsu." You can buy it at any Honda dealership parts department.
Trusted by many techs and mechanics all over. I've even seen Porsche and Mercedes techs use this stuff. Most of them keep a tube in their toolbox.
I'm just saying, if you're going to buy a $90k+ Tesla, you might want to protect your investment with something better than WD-40. 😉 But, hey, you do you
Why not spray the silicone lube onto a rag and then wipe that onto the seals to prevent overspray?
Another good to add is anti-freeze
Now try in in Canada -40 weather
OMG YOU TEACH AT CENTENNIAL COLLEGE?!?! NO WAY!!! I went to the progress campus. Cccccooool!
Thanks Terv, great update to weather montha
Isn’t it sticking to your tint? Since that’s on the inside
Does the precondition exist in Model 3?
absolutely
dbernauer0213 I can’t find it either
On the phone app?
I couldn’t find smart preconditioning anywhere in the model 3 settings!
Question about preheating, can you do that when your car is not plugged in?
Yes 😀
orangeradios thanks! Wondered that for a while now, I can’t wait for my Model 3 and being able to pre-heat at work before I leave ;)
ropiko That’s become my favorite feature - and if you need it warm just for yourself, it only takes a few minutes before it is nice and toasty (no huge engine block to warm up with explosions).
Great advice for any make! Thanks Trev.
Excellent tips! Thank you.
Everyone always tells me to stay away from sillicone
That particular product that you are using is now discontinued, apparently. Any other recommended products? Thanks.
Vaseline works great as a lubricant and doesn't freeze. Also, it's much cheaper than these commercial products
Try a hard silicon polish.
(Also god for glass on photocopiers! Stops static building up)
WD40 makes a silicone spray. Walmart carries it for 5 or 6 bucks. It comes with a spray tube.
My windows dont go down when opening the door. Can I apply this on the lower strips with the windows down?
I'll use the Tesla key card for the bottom window.
This is the kind of technology that we could live without easily....
Will astroglide personal lubricant work? That’s all I have at the moment ;)
Ryen lmfao silicon lube damages some rubbers. It’s it’s water based you’ll make things worse 💀😂
good info.
You spray on the cloth, then run the cloth around...
I'll preheat more often.
thanks!!!!!!
I don't wash my car in winter. Yesterday no rain and yet the door handle was partially frozen.
Condensation most likely
@@orangeradios Or just moisture in the air.
silicone...
Think the Chargeport can freeze too...
the solenoid actuated latch freezing is a condensation issue, just preheat the car while plugged in, it will activate the charger and heat up the port.
im surprised nobody told me about smart preconditioning when i went to take a look at the model 3!!!
just waiting for a store to pop up in the Kitchener/waterloo/guelph/cambridge area and then I can order a car.
Don't want to get stuck with minor issues and have to drive over an hour away to fix it
Model 3 doesn't have this feature, partially because it's not very smart. People found it randomly heating the car when it wasn't needed. Only works if your schedule is the exact same every day.
Also, mobile service is pretty good now, you probably wouldn't need to take your car to Oakville.
You can still preheat from the app though right?
Makes me think of how I could program my coffee in the morning but NEVER use it 😂😭
yup the app works just fine, lol
Thanks for fighting Frank's FUD campaign sir.
Who is Frank?
Do you mean Fred? 🙁
All that trouble for the luxury of frameless windows? With framed windows you never need to operate them in the winter. Also, if the door is frozen shut and won't open you can't pull on the handle of a model X.
No - it does not exist on the Model 3. No vehicle feature/button as does the model x
Actually, never put the heating to max when you are in a cold climate you will crack your window! Let it heat up gently!!!!!
Your channel name suggests you have a model 3 but you do not.
Just buy a real car without all the worries concerns that are related to teslas
Brad Smith Haha you’re a funny guy.
No spark plugs, no alternator, no timing belt, no oil change, no transmission, no muffler, barely any brake pad usage, what did I forget? No oil filter, no pump, no gas filter. What else?