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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 02:41 PM
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Leaky window sills

I noticed that not long after I got my car and it was rainy the passenger side window leaked by that little front speaker. It doesn't do this all the time either. My G35 did this too on both sides and my mother in law's Z did this too. I know that I need to get the sill replaced but is this a common problem and did anyone else have this too?
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 02:51 PM
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It leaks a tiny little bit if I go into a touchless carwash... it's fine if it's just raining.
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 02:52 PM
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I haven't experienced this yet on my G37. It did on my G35 twice. I started applying Lexol to keep it compliant and stopped having the issue. I think that the weather and cleaning agents caused it to wear out more quickly.
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by KAHBOOM
I haven't experienced this yet on my G37. It did on my G35 twice. I started applying Lexol to keep it compliant and stopped having the issue. I think that the weather and cleaning agents caused it to wear out more quickly.
Did the Lexol leave a film on that part of the window?
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:17 PM
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It's not the rubber the window just wasn't up the entire way. You will notice when you're on the highway sometimes its loud and when you pull the window switches up the windows can go just a bit higher.
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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My MoonRoof leaks when i go to the touchless carwash, i haven't had it looked at by the dealer yet... no problems with the windows.
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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by roseyhebert
Did the Lexol leave a film on that part of the window?
not after the excess dried

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Old Oct 10, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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It's not the rubber the window just wasn't up the entire way. You will notice when you're on the highway sometimes its loud and when you pull the window switches up the windows can go just a bit higher.
Actually it is the rubber. The seal shrinks and expands with weather. It also becomes less compliant with weather wear and tear. That's why you notice only certain areas of it leak.
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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Never had this problem with my 04 Accord Coupe. Hmm?
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 12:54 AM
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Originally Posted by roseyhebert
I noticed that not long after I got my car and it was rainy the passenger side window leaked by that little front speaker. It doesn't do this all the time either. My G35 did this too on both sides and my mother in law's Z did this too. I know that I need to get the sill replaced but is this a common problem and did anyone else have this too?
I have the same problem ...
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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I think after a car wash I notice a little bit of water near the left tweeter as well. Not a huge concern since it doesn't happen every time, but I hope this doesn't become a larger issue..
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Old Oct 11, 2008 | 09:55 PM
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mines doesnt leak but when im on the highway doing 70+ wind comes thru and it makes loud annoying wind noise. dealership say theres nothing they cant d o about it.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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i had the same problem with my 08 g37. the windows would leak behind the power mirror(triangular piece) down under the tweeter and down the door panel. it only did it when it rained really hard or when i washed my car. i took it to the dealership, they replaced the weather stripping on both windows. so far so good.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BHCubed
i had the same problem with my 08 g37. the windows would leak behind the power mirror(triangular piece) down under the tweeter and down the door panel. it only did it when it rained really hard or when i washed my car. i took it to the dealership, they replaced the weather stripping on both windows. so far so good.
Had part of the seal replaced, didn't work, had another seal replace today so we will see if it works. What's funny is that the dealer service department wanted to argue with me because they couldn't get it to leak. I told them to try again and sure enough they called back and said it leaks pretty bad. WELL DUH!!!
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 05:05 PM
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