Windows Frozen driver side window

FWH · 15th December 2007, 12:07

The other night I found that my driver side window was frozen. Rather irritating as I needed to pay my way out of an airport parking lot.

After 20mins driving with full heat on it had thawd out.

No obvious ice or snow on the outside and only about -2C.

Anyone else seen this?

GHGH · 15th December 2007, 15:06

Well, I washed my car yesterday, and tomorrow afternoon, when I get sober after lutefisk and aquavit I will give it a try. Expecting -5°C tomorrow.

Selwoc · 15th December 2007, 19:14

FWH, you may have been lucky. The same thing happened to my Mazda MX6, it stripped the gears on the drive motor, resulting in a very expensive replacement drive mechanism.

sw65 · 15th December 2007, 19:16

Both passenger and driver's window frozen every day this last week

Munro · 15th December 2007, 20:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by FWH

The other night I found that my driver side window was frozen. Rather irritating as I needed to pay my way out of an airport parking lot.

After 20mins driving with full heat on it had thawd out.

No obvious ice or snow on the outside and only about -2C.

Anyone else seen this?

By frozen do you mean it wont wind up and down ? even after scraping the frost off ?

Dimplyred · 15th December 2007, 22:04

I've had it too on one of my other cars. Very annoying, you feel as if you want to just keep your finger on the button, but common sense tells you it's not a good idea.

Brodick · 15th December 2007, 22:21

Could happen to any car FWH

you have just been unlucky

FWH · 16th December 2007, 11:14

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Originally Posted by Munro

By frozen do you mean it wont wind up and down ? even after scraping the frost off ?

Actaully, there was very little frost at all on this occaison, but the little there was was scraped off.

The window moved a few mm, the inside of the door moved sideways like it does, but then it stopped.

Not had any problems with any other car at -2.
At -30 things start to happen though with most cars...

angie4m · 16th December 2007, 12:32

I had to move my car last night and the door was slightly stuck between the rubber seal and the body of the car. Granted it wasn't as bad a my Mums car which she had been washing a few hours earlier none of the doors would open, but seen as I hadn't been washing my car I was a bit stunned at the time

FWH · 16th December 2007, 12:38

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Originally Posted by angie4m

I had to move my car last night and the door was slightly stuck between the rubber seal and the body of the car. Granted it wasn't as bad a my Mums car which she had been washing a few hours earlier none of the doors would open, but seen as I hadn't been washing my car I was a bit stunned at the time

I had a lot of trouble with this on a Mazda 626 I once had.
The rubber seals had to be kept well lubricated.

Not seen any of this on the Civic yet.

angie4m · 16th December 2007, 13:00

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Originally Posted by FWH

I had a lot of trouble with this on a Mazda 626 I once had.
The rubber seals had to be kept well lubricated.

Not seen any of this on the Civic yet.

On another point, how well does the heated back window work? Went out in my car this morning (no sticking door this time - still the same on my Mum's car tho lol!) and by the time I got to the end of the street it had managed to melt the ice! I am rather impressed with this, much much better than my last car thats for sure!

I was also a bit wary about putting my window down, but it went down without a issue, that was until some ice fell in the door, luckily it didn't hit the seats

Topcat · 16th December 2007, 13:08

Many moons ago I had an old escort, when it was freezing the central locking would freeze completely but for some reason the boot always remained un-affected.

I was doing shift work at Heathrow at the time an was heavily pregnant, I used to have climb in to the boot of the car and over the rear seats to get to the drivers seat at 4.30 in the morning lol

FWH · 16th December 2007, 13:21

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Originally Posted by angie4m

On another point, how well does the heated back window work?

About as well as any other car.

angie4m · 16th December 2007, 14:43

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Originally Posted by FWH

About as well as any other car.

Nope, can't agree with that one. My Min took bloody ages, i'd usually be in town before it cleared anything and the BM's in the household without rear wipers also take donkeys, so much so that you defo have to scrape them before a journey. Didn't with the Civic, just another thing to rub my Mum up the wrong way when she complains about her car lol!

Munro · 16th December 2007, 15:51

-30degC FWH, Wow. The coldest we have had is -20deg C @ 10 years ago and all the pipes froze !

As I am sure everyone has noticed , the bottom part of the rear window doesn't have a heated element. A bit of an oversight by Honda again. I dont bother with the rear window when its misted / frozen up now - I just use the mirrors which are excellent fortunately.

GHGH · 16th December 2007, 16:30

The side window has never bee completely stuck so far. The civic generally behave better than my previous cars.

angie4m · 16th December 2007, 17:03

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Originally Posted by Munro

-30degC FWH, Wow. The coldest we have had is -20deg C @ 10 years ago and all the pipes froze !

I recall that (even though I was only 13) cause loads of folk round here went away for xmas & new year and came back to flooded houses! Its been rather cold this weekend and can only get colder. Bbbbbrrrrrrrrr

FWH · 16th December 2007, 17:06

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Originally Posted by Munro

-30degC FWH, Wow. The coldest we have had is -20deg C @ 10 years ago and all the pipes froze !

As I am sure everyone has noticed , the bottom part of the rear window doesn't have a heated element. A bit of an oversight by Honda again. I dont bother with the rear window when its misted / frozen up now - I just use the mirrors which are excellent fortunately.

We don´t have our pipes on the outside of our houses..

30 is cold. Messes up a lot of cars. You really need a preheater at that point. Othersie you have to go out and start the car a regular intervals so it doesn´t get really cold.

Once I had a ignition control unit fail at that temperature, not fun repairing a car outside at that temperature I can tell you!

lobey dosser · 17th December 2007, 01:33

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Originally Posted by FWH

.... Othersie you have to go out and start the car a regular intervals so it doesn´t get really cold.....

I used to have a friend who was a bus driver in East Kilbride, which is at quite a high elevation to the South of Glasgow.
During the winter, the buses were left idling all night in the depot yard to make sure they didn't freeze up.The bus engines were, basically, never shut off from about November through to March or April.
At least it meant they were nice and warm for the early morning passengers too.

Not sure if they would do that now with diesel costing £1.10 a litre

angie4m · 19th December 2007, 14:21

My Windows were frozen today! Even my boot refused to open, but by the time I got into town about half an hour drive they had thawed

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GHGH Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 13th March 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 924 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, I washed my car yesterday, and tomorrow afternoon, when I get sober after lutefisk and aquavit I will give it a try. Expecting -5°C tomorrow.

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Selwoc Valve Cap Join Date: 3rd November 2007 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 43 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	FWH, you may have been lucky. The same thing happened to my Mazda MX6, it stripped the gears on the drive motor, resulting in a very expensive replacement drive mechanism.

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Dimplyred Type R GT 09570 Civinfo guru Join Date: 24th August 2007 Location: Staffordshire Posts: 3,253 Thanks: 16 Thanked 41 Times in 41 Posts	I've had it too on one of my other cars. Very annoying, you feel as if you want to just keep your finger on the button, but common sense tells you it's not a good idea.

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angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 10 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts	I had to move my car last night and the door was slightly stuck between the rubber seal and the body of the car. Granted it wasn't as bad a my Mums car which she had been washing a few hours earlier none of the doors would open, but seen as I hadn't been washing my car I was a bit stunned at the time

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Topcat Supporter Civinfo guru Join Date: 11th May 2006 Location: Middlesex Posts: 2,739 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Many moons ago I had an old escort, when it was freezing the central locking would freeze completely but for some reason the boot always remained un-affected. I was doing shift work at Heathrow at the time an was heavily pregnant, I used to have climb in to the boot of the car and over the rear seats to get to the drivers seat at 4.30 in the morning lol

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Munro Supporter Rocketship door handle Join Date: 10th August 2007 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,032 Thanks: 21 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts	-30degC FWH, Wow. The coldest we have had is -20deg C @ 10 years ago and all the pipes froze ! As I am sure everyone has noticed , the bottom part of the rear window doesn't have a heated element. A bit of an oversight by Honda again. I dont bother with the rear window when its misted / frozen up now - I just use the mirrors which are excellent fortunately.

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GHGH Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 13th March 2007 Location: Trondheim, Norway Posts: 924 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The side window has never bee completely stuck so far. The civic generally behave better than my previous cars.

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angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 10 Thanked 16 Times in 16 Posts	My Windows were frozen today! Even my boot refused to open, but by the time I got into town about half an hour drive they had thawed