Mini - Frameless door window getting frozen, unable to get in car

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Should've asked this years ago but never mind. Doing some research on this and have noticed a few people recommend Gummi Pflege to help but I am not sure if it will.

I can't open the door in the morning and have to rub around the entire window frame a fair amount of times before I can pull the handle and the glass drops so I can get into the car. If I just yank it open I am pretty sure the whole window would break.

Any solutions to this? Has driven me nuts for a good while and kinda just put up with it but I am wondering if there is a solution. Not keen on using a deicer as I don't want it to wreck the seals.

Thanks all!
 
Red rubber grease may be better than generic silicone and I have treated my last two cars with Gummi Pfledge. i3 because it has particularly large rubber door seals that get stiff with age and the Model 3 because it's frame-less.
 
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Yea I get this too. You need to put silicone of some kind on the seals (like gummi pledge or just some lubricant). I dont think wd40 is good for rubber.
 
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Gummi Pfledge will work, that's exactly what it's designed for. Paradigms suggestion of using some water will also help, even with the Gummi Pfledge.
 
paradigm said:
Luke-warm water. Done.

I’ve been doing it daily on the TT.
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I do this although in the recent cold spell it’s been -7 a couple of mornings it’s froze back up and couldn’t get out the car after a short trip.

I’ve cleared enough space in the garage to use it over winter. The window feels fragile enough just pushing it to close the door I don’t think it would take much to break it.
 
Warm water is a great solution to a problem that already exists.

To prevent it happening in the first place - remove the water. Any kind of oil based grease around the mating surfaces should do the job.
 
I generally go with the warm water thing, hasn't been problematic thus far with the car though perhaps when it gets colder it may be!

Wirth regards to the grease and gummi stuff people are recommending, does this not leave greasy smears on the window if you open it for any reason?
 
My old 200SX used to do this, until someone suggested cleaning the top of the windows with furniture polish. Worked brilliantly if I remember rightly.
 
akaFonzie said:
I generally go with the warm water thing, hasn't been problematic thus far with the car though perhaps when it gets colder it may be!

Wirth regards to the grease and gummi stuff people are recommending, does this not leave greasy smears on the window if you open it for any reason?
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Remember doing the warm water trick what proved to be in error on a particularly cold series of days. Cue what i can only assume is water being attached to all moving parts of the door and thus seizing window and lock completely. Leaving the option of entering via the boot was my my rather elegant entrance to the car...
 
poosemon said:
Remember doing the warm water trick what proved to be in error on a particularly cold series of days. Cue what i can only assume is water being attached to all moving parts of the door and thus seizing window and lock completely. Leaving the option of entering via the boot was my my rather elegant entrance to the car...
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That sounds like a bit of a palava, hopefully it won't end up like that for me! I just don't want greasy windows else I'd go with the gummy pflege or similar.
 
akaFonzie said:
That sounds like a bit of a palava, hopefully it won't end up like that for me! I just don't want greasy windows else I'd go with the gummy pflege or similar.
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It was a "shed" civic, pretty sure anything that was meant to be sealing against the elements was no longer doing so so hopefully wont be anything quite like that ;) Civic boot easier to climb through then a mini too!!
 
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