Miata Mailing List: October 1994, Message #171
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   From: buck@claude.ma30.bull.com (Kenneth J. Buck)
Subject: Window Regulators Yet Again
   Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:25:50 -0400

Ok, i know this has been discussed before, but i don't remember
actually seeing a _solution_, just references that alleged
that there *might be* one...

my wife just replaced her driver's side manual window regulator
for the 3rd time.  the symptom is that it jams and the window
won't go up or down.  the service dept didn't charge her because
there's a service bulletin out on it, but my theory is that
the bulletin says something like "we know all 457,642 manual
window regulators are defective, but we never thought of trying
to make one without the design flaw, so just replace any broken
ones with another broken one."  for the record, the one for her
passenger door (rarely used) is fine, and both of the ones in my
'90 have never given me any trouble.

does anyone know:
a) what goes wrong
b) if there's a simple home solution when it jams
c) is there a way to prevent this from happening in the first place?

thanks in advance.
cheers,

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