Scratches on Outside of Driver's Window

[NewmarketBRZ]

I gave my car a good wash this weekend and when I was cleaning the windows I noticed some fine lines on the driver side window. There were actually 2 sets of these lines, all within a 2-1/2" strip running th entire length up the window. When I ran my finger across the lines the caught in the groves, scratches!!

I rolled down the window all the way a pealed back the weather stripping and noticed the scratches in the glass lined up with the window guides that help track the window as it moves up and down.

I took the car into the dealer today and they took the inside of the door apart and discovered the felt on the plastic guides had fallen off. As a result the guides were actually scratching the glass.

As a result they are ordering me a new window under warrantee and replacing the felt guides on both the driver and passenger side.

Check your windows to make sure you don't have the same issue as I did. Thankfully this was covered under the cars warrantee.

Adam

[Bonburner]

I've had that on BOTH my windows.

ill get them to check it out

[chenshuo]

Originally Posted by Bonburner

I've had that on BOTH my windows.

ill get them to check it out

do you have a picture of what it looks like? is it on the inside or outside?

I noticed that i have two dirt stripes about an inch wide, running vertically on the outside of my driver side window. I don't have scratches i rubbed my finger and the dirt can come off. not sure if that's the same thing you guys are talking about.

[norsamerican]

This window guide scratch is prevelant on alot of cars. I dont understand why they cant use another guide material to prevent this.

[EL_to_TBD]

Could this be related to the loud window squeaking issues in some vehicles?
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11417

Do you all have loud squeaks/squeels consistently?

[Bonburner]

Originally Posted by chenshuo

do you have a picture of what it looks like? is it on the inside or outside?

I noticed that i have two dirt stripes about an inch wide, running vertically on the outside of my driver side window. I don't have scratches i rubbed my finger and the dirt can come off. not sure if that's the same thing you guys are talking about.

outside
there're a lot of pics i've been meaning to take - i just can't seem to get the camera away from my sister which i lent to a year ago LOL
not really relevant to squeeks I THINK

[zc06_kisstherain]

hmm i gotta check mine out.

[R2]

I recently noticed this issue on my drivers window. I will be taking it in at some point to get fixed. As usual, if enough of us bring this issue in then they will need to resolve it with a better fix. Scratched windows you sometimes see on older cars but not 6 month old cars so I am a little dissapointed in this.

[Flasher]

In Germany, we also do have this problem.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Have a long scratch on my passenger window, but streaks from the guides on both windows.

[256brz2013]

i've had the squeaky window afew times, its super annoying. But its so random

[RWDDan]

Have had my car for a week and already see a faint up and down scratch on my drivers window that I would imagine is from this issue. 456 miles

[DieselxIndustry]

I posted a thread about this a couple months ago as well. I haven't mentioned it to Toyota yet. My problem with doing to is I already have tints and that would have to be replaced then too.

[Kauf]

I have 2 vertical scratches on my drivers side window about an inch or so apart. Nice to know it can be fixed under warranty, but still a hassle. Hope the fix lasts. (Not the greatest quality pic, but it shows the scratches.)

I just noticed recently my window seal is now getting squished by the window when it's rolled up (at the top.) It wasn't doing this before. I was aware of it happening to these cars because my friend had it happening on his FRS. I'm assuming the felt fell off the guides like the poster above. I wonder if the weather seal issue is caused by this issue?