E93 window frozen cant open door

oliyaoe93 · 11-19-2013, 05:56 PM

Hi guys! its sub 0 here in london tonight and my e93's frameless door windows finally froze resulting me been stuck outside my car in the cold tryna figure out what to do

It's my first ever car with frameless windows and i did thought about this problem when i bought it in summer, but that was in summer so i thought oh i ll leave the problem till winter

Any suggestions

Sparky68 · 11-19-2013, 06:06 PM

Do you need to goto the toilet?

magic77 · 11-19-2013, 06:42 PM

not much use now but get some silicon spray and run it on the seals once you do get into the car wills top it happening again. Also good I found when your boot lid squeeks against rear window seal in cold weather

oliyaoe93 · 11-19-2013, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by magic77

not much use now but get some silicon spray and run it on the seals once you do get into the car wills top it happening again. Also good I found when your boot lid squeeks against rear window seal in cold weather

Yep, from halfords im guessing? And yes! the boot (or somewhere near the boot) squeeks in my E93 at times...

its so annoying, any ideas how to fix this? silicone spray too?

tmdals0213 · 11-19-2013, 08:24 PM

oh no... sorry to hear...

i actually have a chattering problem with my left windows.. when the top is down and the windows are up.. the rear and front windows make a tick tick tick noise.

bungleaio · 11-20-2013, 03:14 AM

I used Gummi Pfledge on all of the seals on my e93 a few months ago. I don't get any squeaking, it's not been cold enough to try and freeze the window to the seal but I had no problem with my MINI last year.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Einszett-G...-/200958099745

Russbmw · 11-20-2013, 03:51 AM

I used to get this on my e46.

Ice forms on the window seal that runs along the top of the door, so scrape that off first.

If the window is still stuck, a gentle push on the window will flex the rubber seals that run along the top and side of the window a fraction enough to free them up.

m@rk · 11-20-2013, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by bungleaio

I used Gummi Pfledge on all of the seals on my e93 a few months ago. I don't get any squeaking, it's not been cold enough to try and freeze the window to the seal but I had no problem with my MINI last year.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Einszett-G...-/200958099745

That is the answer.

Had exactly the same problem on my A7 and Gummi Pfledge (got it off Amazon) worked a treat. Most other solutions seem to have side effects

johmei · 11-20-2013, 04:56 AM

I bought some "liquid ice scraper" last year which I put in the boot in case I had to park outside over night. Never had to use it though. Is that stuff bad for the rubber seals or anything else on the car?

Russbmw · 11-20-2013, 05:00 AM

Glycol based I assume.

No.

johmei · 11-20-2013, 06:05 AM

Yes, probably glycol based. The stuff I got was blue and worked well for defrosting windows, used it on another car. It's probably time for this stuff to go in my trunk again, just in case..

D_Boi · 11-20-2013, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by bungleaio

I used Gummi Pfledge on all of the seals on my e93 a few months ago. I don't get any squeaking, it's not been cold enough to try and freeze the window to the seal but I had no problem with my MINI last year.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Einszett-G...-/200958099745

Any ideas where I can get some from? eBay and Amazon seem like they are either sold out or never had any....

Cheers

oliyaoe93 · 11-20-2013, 03:57 PM

Ah! just got home and bought this http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...atalogId=10151
silicone spray from halfords. U guys reckon its gna be any good or shall i take it back and buy this Gummi Pflege online?

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bungleaio First Lieutenant 37 Rep 348 Posts Drives: G42 230i Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Leicester iTrader: (0)	I used Gummi Pfledge on all of the seals on my e93 a few months ago. I don't get any squeaking, it's not been cold enough to try and freeze the window to the seal but I had no problem with my MINI last year. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Einszett-G...-/200958099745
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