It seems my window is sticking. Seeing at -10, the window opens when the door opens, but wont go back up, so I have to use the power button for it to go up :/

Until you fix it using the steps shown here and in other threads multiple times. :P

Same here. Windows were stuck (seems inside the door too has I unstuck the bottom rubber carefully with a scrapper) and wouldn't go down or up so no way to reset them (auto flashing lights). Had to wait couple days for milder weather than reset mechanism work well the 1st time :thumbup:

I just hope they don't freeze like that every day...:(

Well, twice a day sometimes... If I am lucky enough to be able to reset the system after my short morning ride, they are often stuck again in the evening. I just wonder how much the motors and guides can endure...

I removed the fuse for the driver side window and the window still goes down :/

Thing is, the reset doesn't work for me anymore. What sucks is, I am going to the dealer on January 3rd. I hope they can over-ride the electronics.

My windows always get stuck open
 

This is a horrible feature on a car. I really don't know what they were thinking. Every morning, when I open the door, the window forces itself down, then it gets "frozen" in the open position??? I can't do nothing. I don't know if my window motors are super strong or something, but they force so much it seems like the window will shatter, but going up, they just give out after a split second. I need to literally wait until the car warms up enough to open the window all the way, then reset it. If I just go out for a few minutes, the window will be stuck open a few inches, and the car gets wet inside if it's raining or snowing.

I tried some silicon lube, and also de-icer, does nothing. So frustrating.

Mine need to be reset again this morning. I let the car warm up, then went to work. Suddenly got up to speed and heard nothing but wind noise... Looked at the buttons and saw them blinking. This is getting OLD having to reset them all the time. That you have to shut off the car and all that makes it inconvenient to get it done during traffic, so I'm always having to wait until I get to work 20 minutes later.

Last month it did it and I noticed right as I left home, so I said, "F this" and pulled over to reset it real quick. It's an insane feature at this point.

Experienced this for the first time today when I left for work. At 4:30 in the morning in the freezing cold...great way to start the f'ing day...

Mines been freezing every morning for the last 2 weeks or so. Its getting really old ans you cant always bring it down for a reset since its always dirty and icy to begin with. Id love to be able to cancel that feature...maybe ill just cancel the door switch...

the original impreza didn't have such a mechanism and there were zero issues during hard rain or cold winters

they really didnt have to bother re-engineering the damn thing

Is this "feature", electric sealing of the windows - progress?? Was this necessary years ago? There are plenty of older cars with frameless windows.

I posted a fix :

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25229

Clearly then...
 

the FR-S was designed to be an ~indoor~ car, never to be utilized in any harsh out-of-doors environment. <sarc> I have complied with the designers sentiment and have stored mine indoors after experiencing the ~windows from hell~ only once. Out comes the eminently winter competent FJ Cruiser...

thanks to all who posted the switch reset solution! :thanks:
Now, Scion, snowball's in your court...

WA

Thank god for 1 degree winters in Vancouver. No issues yet

I brought it in today and they replacing the "master switch".

I doubt the switch will do anything... they need to find a lubricant for the internal mechanism that doesn't freeze.

I've yet to have issues with mine, but it gets parked "indoors" almost all the time. Truly indoors at home, and covered parking at work.

I've had it parked outside for full cold days and no issues though.

Die-electric grease is a big help, though a bit greasy but transparent, just wipe on rubber areas, weatherstrips etc, water will not freeze to it. Works on your door latch as well

thankyou oilers99
 

that issue was not specifically addressed in the manual, the dealer doesnt know ANYTHING so i thank you so much for this . it solved the mystery! i never understood the good of blogs till now. i sent your post to the dealer. go oilers go!

I think oil will degrade rubber in the long term.

The issue is the windows freezing in the door, NOT against the weather striping/body.

Putting greese along the window frame in the door will just make it a messy mess every time you roll it down and real hard to get rid off.

Hmm.. glad I am not picking the car up until after the winter! Hopefully by next winter they will have some sort of a fix. Fortunately I park indoors at night, but not at work...

My windows freeze up once in a while in Toronto, so I have to do the Reset and it works again. one time I had to reset just the passenger side.

Passenger side window is stuck now and no "auto" flashing light. In fact, the passenger window buttons lights (on both doors) aren't illuminate anymore.
Window still moving up/down slightly when I open the door but that's it.
Does this mean the fuse is blown or else?

Yeah, definitely not a problem that the manual can help you with. That's a warranty solution for sure.

Had no free time lately but will try first to check fuse box this week-end to see if that's the problem...

If the lights are out, it sounds like the fuse popped.

Seems not. Checked both sides fuses in the engine bay fuse box and they're ok.

I'm puzzled.

When opening the passenger side door, the window drops an inch like suppose to but window switch ain't working still and the "auto" light isn't illuminated (that on both side switch). Why window moving when opening the door and not with both switch??? :mad0259:

Embarrassing...the problem was the "cancel" switch for passenger side window that was triggered (on drivers door next to the door lock switch).
Gee never tought of it (on a two door car) and didn't notice it was activated...
Learned something today!

Haha, oops!

I had my window freeze up for the first time last night, the car had been sitting for a few days outside and with the swinging temps it froze up nicely.

Some observations...

1) The window wasn't stuck to the top seal at all on either door, opened very easily.
2) The window WAS frozen to the bottom seal. When trying to raise or lower the window I could see the seal moving with the window (on both doors). I slid a plastic card between the window and the seal to free them from each other and everything was peachy. After freeing things up and re-setting the switch everything worked as usual.
3) Another car parked for the same amount of time right beside mine did not have the windows frozen to the bottom seals, so maybe it's something in the seals along the top edge of the door causing the issue?

No issues with the car this morning, everything was back to normal even with the -10 temps.

My car has developed a window issue. The passenger side window will not return to the fully up position when the door is closed. The window will roll down correctly on door open and the passenger side door switch works. What doesn't work is the driver side switch for the passenger window. The replacement for the "master switch" is on order through Subaru Canada but it has no ETA yet. Anybody else waiting on parts?

This has happened to me, but only after I wash the car. I park my car in the garage so was quite surprised the windows froze. Since then I lower the windows about an inch overnight after a wash. Haven't had the problem since.

I've had several issues with my windows as well. The drivers side window often does not go back up after the door is closed (after the automatic drop), and I continuously lose control of the passenger window from the drivers' side controls.

The issues stop after I do the reset with the switches, but keep coming back after about a week.

I to would like to join the shitty window club.
not the coldest day yet, but had frozen condensation on my window and it mucked it up...


how many engineers does it take to design a window?

Just last night I got a buddy that's new to the BRZ game text me about his window, so I said, "Can I call you?" Then I proceeded to explain the process to him. I let him know he's going to get good at doing it quickly.

The only time it wouldn't happen to me is if I washed the car and brought it directly to my job's warehouse to completely dry out.

Uh, dude, you don't need any parts to fix this, you just put the window all the way down, and keep pressing down for 3-5 seconds after the window is completely down, then put it back up and keep holding up for 3-5 seconds, if that's whats going on.

God dammit. I actually went to the dealership to have the window issue fixed only to find out now that I could have just reset it myself. FML. The mechanic told me it's not under warranty so I have to pay for an hour's work which comes out to $100. How the hell did it take him 1 hour to reset the window? GTFO here. This is bull. I looked up this issue in this forum about a month ago but I couldn't find this thread. I should have looked harder. Dammit. Expensive lesson for me.

Mechanic charged you $100, pocketed the money himself, filed paper to Subaru to cover under warranty, reset the window in 5 seconds, went out to buy cigarettes, had a one hour smoke break, hand over the car to you. Mechanic win.

That sucks! Note to everyone (including myself) ALWAYS CHECK THE OWNERS MANUAL It explains how to deal with SOME issues, including the window reset.

I know this doesn't solve the problem but what I have done as an ounce of prevention, is if there is a chance of it freezing when I wash the car is to have a roll of clear hockey tape that I use to cover the felt strip to stop it from getting soaking wet. After I have rinsed it down I just pull the tape off the window glass and throw it a way. What I missed with the wash is easily cleaned up with a damp miro towel.

Bumper to bumper warranty should have covered it. You can call Subaru Canada to file a compliant and get your $100 bucks back like I did when the Willowdale Subaru failed to give me proper user manuals for the car, and I spent $102 bucks on eBay to get them (Subaru Canada actually gave me only $94 bucks back I'm not sure why they have to short change me $7 bucks but whatever).

Yeah, so I got pretty lucky in the end cuz I found the TSB and brought it to the mechanic's attention the next day (my car had to stay overnight since it was the end of the day). What annoys me though is that when I mentioned it to him, it sounded like he already knew about it yet initially wanted to screw me over and charge me the $100. What garbage. Whatever, no more window issues at least.