Got a builder poping round this morning on house so naturaly moves car (STI7) ou of harms way - small car parking area a rear of house. Alway at least three spaces empty anyway, bu88er me if someone hasn't taped a big "DO NOT PARK HERE" sticker on car!! To55ers it's not private and I have as much right to park there as anyne else!!

Anyway while remove 5hitty stocker remains notice a couple of scratches runnin down glass of drivers front window, not straight down but at about 45 degrees?? Has anubdy else come across this! Is it a warranty job?

Cheers

 

this is very common on scoobs and apparently if your dealer is ok should be done on warrenty

 

warranty claim

i scratched the glass a little while back while removing some bird cr*p, surely i can't claim under warranty??

 

The scratches are dead straight and look to be caused by something scraping the glass within the door.

Either that or birds are ****ting in straighter lines round here!

 

Halfords do a glass cutting paste, might help but i cant see it doing deep marks.

 

Andy
My brother and me have had 5 Scoobs between us and every last one of them has had scratches on the glass, got one window replaced on warranty only for it to get scratched again in a matter of weeks

Simon

 

Did the scratches run vertically or at an angle down the window?

Thanks in advance

 

Andy
They are all angled as per the way the glass drops into the door.
Hope this helps

Simon

 

Just read your thread i was about to post one asking if anyone could help me as my front windows have alot of scratches on them cause is definetly the window runner or part of the mechanism as you can see that they are at the same angle as the window drops down like you say as it dont go down straight it goes sorta down and forward.

Does anyone have a cure to stop this from happeing in the future or is it just a really common problem as im new to the world of scoobies only had mine since very late last year and still learning alot.lol

cheers

 

Had the same problem with my MY00 but Lavender Hill Garage wouldnt cover it......stated that if the scratches ran straight down the windows then is covered. NOT if they are at an angle....

Pi$$ed me off big time....

 

If you ease the doorskin back slightly and peer down the gap the window runs down, you'll see (as I have) there are small brushes up against the glass.

These fill with grit and scratch the window as it runs up and down.

I used a rubber door stopper, and prised the glass entry point apart. I then used a toothbrush soaked in car shampoo to brush/clean these brushes. (my car was out of warranty).

They've been great since. I'll have to do them again this spring. Beware though, the brushes take AGES to dry out and will probably streak your windows with water for weeks to come.

 

i just scratched my passenger window the other day when i lowered passenger window on lunch, the only thing that was different was fact i hadnt engaged the locks so i dunno if this maybe a factor, as well i dont usually open them on that side much anyway! I did spray with silicon/rubber lubricant so it wood at least move a bit freer/quicker but as i say only seemed 2 do it when lock was in open position, yes i did keep trying just 2 satisfy my curiosity till a nice big scratch lol
Si

 

Just had my drivers side glass replaced under the extended warranty Passenger side will be done at the next service..........they didn't have the glass in this time.