mattygritt

Hey guys problem that started happening to me lately is whenever I have my windows rolled down and I go to close (both) my doors it feels like they are going break or something.

It sounds like there is something loose in there, like something is about to break. My door handle on my drivers side is a little loose when I open it, but the looseness also happens to my passenger door.

Is there anyone who has experienced something like this?

wssix99

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It's hard to understand exactly what your issue is here. I assume your "door" isn't loose but that you are talking about something that is in the door being loose. Is that right?

You might start by taking the door panel off and looking in the bottom of the door. There is a rubber bumper that keys in to a slot in the bottom of the door. Sometimes that bumper comes out of the slot. When the window is all the way down, it presses against the bumper and keeps the glass from moving around. If that bumper isn't in place, it will feel like the glass is wobbling inside the door. (When the glass is in the down position.)

mattygritt

I think that might be it, I'll have to check that out today. Yeah my door is not loose, it just feels like the window rattles when it's all the way down when I close the door, it almost sounds like the window is breaking.

Thanks for the reply though man, I never knew there was a bumper under the door.

Majestic9C1

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yeah I have the same scenario on mine... feels like im closing a barn door when the window is down.

JRENIGAR

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Its the felt window guides that have broken off and letting the window rattle in and out when the door closes. They are located on the inner door frame at the top inside front and back. Metal brackets with black felt glued on.

mattygritt

Yeahhh I think that's what is doing it actually cause I can wiggle the window with my hand pretty easily. Thanks for the help man.

Majestic9C1

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Hopefully that's it because I just ordered 4 of them

JRENIGAR

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When mine broke the sides bolted to the inner door frame scratched my window tint from rolling the window up and down.

JRENIGAR

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No prob that's what were here for. I had to order mine from GMpartsdirect. They were the only ones I could find that had them at the time.

wssix99

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No, that's probably not it if your problem is when the window is all the way down. Those pieces are needed, but yours might be perfectly fine. All you have to do is take the door panel off and look.

With the window down, all the mass is in the bottom of the door, below the regulator, and the glass will swing around like a pendulum. The bump stop in the bottom inside of the door is what keeps that in check. The glass guides at the top of the door will keep the top in place, but you won't really "feel" that.

Majestic9C1

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With the glass all the way down I can grab the top edge and move it in and out about a half inch

wssix99

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This is normal. Those stabilizers don't touch the glass through its full range of positions. If I recall correctly, it mainly contacts the glass when its midway up.

Majestic9C1

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well that sucks... I guess it doesnt hurt to have extra window guides then

RJDio

the door panels aren't hard to take off, just sit them down on a piece of cardboard or rug, they scratch easy - how do I know lol. If you have the famous cracking of the door panels near the back of glass (I did), it's a good time to fix that too - or mod it to end that problem. Remove the staples and in every staple position put in 1 short screw with washer, lock washer and nut. Easy fix. Inspect your speakers too, I figured out I had a blown passenger side speaker. Panels are kinda a pain to put back in, maybe just my experience, but it's not like you do it everyday. good luck

Spartan7

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When properly adjusted (and not broken), the felt window guides greatly reduce window rattle. I never roll my windows all the way down to the bump stop to prevent the inner door panel from bowing, and they don't rattle when closing. Toss on some sound deadener as well and it will reduce a lot of the "clunkiness" of the doors. That's also considering you have no other loose or damaged components in there.

wssix99

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If you put the glass down all the way but don't press it to the point where the door bows, it should still be on the bump stop.

Majestic9C1

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my door panels bow out when getting toward the bottom of the window cycle.. is this normal or do I need to fix a bumpstop or something

wssix99

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It's normal. Some believe that it leads to the door panel crack issue. (I do not. I believe it is due to excessively tight tollerances on two attached dissimilar materials.)