Window Regulators (KJ's ONLY please)

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:22 am

Let's see if there is a particular year for window parts failing on the KJ's .

Please vote for the appropriate choice.

MidnightLiberty · **Joined:** Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:42 pm **Posts:** 270

Spent 4 trips to the dealer for these crappy windows. Once for lubeing of the Drivers window, twice for the 4 Way switch, and once for the Left Rear window.

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:57 am

So far the early years are in the clear... Keep the data coming!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:49 am

'02 KJ here and no window failures,I'm a smoker so my windows get used alot,also I don't use the A/C very much either,only on long road trips,so my windows get rolled down everytime I get in during the summer(all 4).

Jeep4me99 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:01 am

Just like TJKJ up there, don't use the AC much. So living in Florida for 4 years, the windows went down, the windows went up....evertime i got in and out. NO issues. The passenger rear goes up a bit slower than the rest, but that has been that way since its birth.

sandracer · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:11 am

I'm up to three windows on the KJ, now, all but the driver's window.

Our previous vehicle, a Dakota Quad Cab, took two, neither of which was under warranty.

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:19 pm

2005 model with no problems. My windows are almost always down. Middle of winter, windows down with the heater blasting. Middle of summer, windows down with the AC blasting. Sunroof's always open too.

We should modify the poll to determine who has tint on their front windows. I understand a lot of people had regulator problems after installing tint on the fronts.

scarletbegonias · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:34 pm

mine's an '03 and all are still in full function.
((but when the driver's side window is open it has on obnoxious rattle i'd just love to know how to fix!))

sandracer · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:42 pm

dog_party wrote:

We should modify the poll to determine who has tint on their front windows. I understand a lot of people had regulator problems after installing tint on the fronts.

That might be difficult. My KJ came (new) with tinted windows. I don't know if it was done at the factory or was a dealer installed option. Just seems like it could make a difference.

On another note; my wife and one of our sons, when he's home on leave, have a tendancy to slam the doors. I've tried to impress upon them that it could be a contributing factor in the regulator failure. I have also wondered how much the desert heat has added to the problem.

Thankfully, my local dealer keeps a big supply of regulators on hand and gets the Jeep in and out the same day. You would think that Jeep, realizing the failure rate, would have redisgned the part and have dealers do the upgrade at replacement time.

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:48 pm

Oops, I should clarify that I was talking about aftermarket tint on the front door windows. A lot of models came with the rears tinted (mine did). I was talking about anything aftermarket were a film is applied to the glass (making it thicker). If your fronts are tinted, I don't think it came from the factory.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 1:13 pm

dog_party wrote:

Oops, I should clarify that I was talking about aftermarket tint on the front door windows. A lot of models came with the rears tinted (mine did). I was talking about anything aftermarket were a film is applied to the glass (making it thicker). If your fronts are tinted, I don't think it came from the factory.

My front door windows have aftermarket tint on them,did it when I ripped my whole KJ apart when I painted it.It made it way easier to do with the glass out of the vehicle.

corwyyn · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:01 pm

dog_party wrote:

Oops, I should clarify that I was talking about aftermarket tint on the front door windows. A lot of models came with the rears tinted (mine did). I was talking about anything aftermarket were a film is applied to the glass (making it thicker). If your fronts are tinted, I don't think it came from the factory.

When I bought mine (used) it already had tint on the front windows - not sure if it was dealer installed but it matches the back windows.

sandracer wrote:

I have also wondered how much the desert heat has added to the problem.

Except for a 5-month stint when I moved back to Albuquerque briefly mine has been in the wonderful AZ climate since I bought it. The only problem I run into is a moaning noise occasionally when I use them after going wheeling on a lot of dusty roads.

dloc_jeep_KJ · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:57 pm

no problems in my 03 and as others have said, i use my windows alot. i am a smoker as well so a few times every ride as well as having them down in the summer alot.

Albert · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:39 pm

My 05......no problems yet......and I use the driver one a lot (sunroof too) - even in the winter.

Mine has factory tint.

Gringo Loco · **Posted:** Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:22 pm

Drivers needed to be cleaned and lubed.
Drivers rear window regulator replaced under warrenty.

carroll952 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 1:35 am

Both my rear driver's side regulator and the switch for the front passenger's side window died near X-Mas. At least for the front window I was wise enough to it since it was slow to respond when rolling up; however, the rear window regulator failed near Calico on the way to Vegas during Christmas. Of course that was only part of the trip as we continued on to Albuquerque, NM without the window up...brrr.

For those of you familiar with Calico, I was at the Shell gas station on Ghost Town Road.

kskj · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:09 pm

No problems with my 2004 .My daughter has a 2002 and the driver side window makes a strange noise when it hits the upper stop

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:27 pm

My `04 Reny windows close with authority. No softy closing. Hard and strong.

Tokyojoe · **Posted:** Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:46 pm

Out of 40 votes so far, 9 with window fails AND eight of those nine were from the newer models which have not been around (used and abused) as long as the older models. That is significant.

marty · **Posted:** Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:25 am

Mine are super slow compared to other vehicles I have owned, but they work fine.

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