’97 Civic window is screwed up

Hey....just wondering if anyone had any ideas or has run across this problem before. The driver's window in my girlfriend's '97 Civic is acting up. One minute it works fine, the next it gets jammed up (and even crooked). When the window is like half way down, there's a lot of play and movement, as compared to the passenger window.

I had asked this guy at www.about.com, and he answered that there's a technical service bulletin (TSB) about this issue, and he even posted a possible fix. Here's that post. Her car is the year where it looks like we have to replace the run channels (which I thought were what ran up the front and back of the door for the window to "run" in. I just called Honda, and the guy said that the run channel is what goes along the top of the door....and what I'm looking for is the "sash".

Phew, anyone had this problem before?

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Can't say I've had that problem before on my cars (would an '87 Peugeot 505 Wagon count?) but what I would do first is take the car to your dealer and see if there is a recall or one of those so-called "secret" warranties covering this. The car is recent enough and Honda's reputation is such that there might be a remedy available- even if it is, say, a 50/50 deal.

Well, she finally took it to the dealer, and they replaced the regulator. (They didn't need to replace the run channel). They also lubed it up, as well as the passenger side door. They said if they're not lubed well, and the window sticks a little, it can go out of whack. Wasn't tremendously expensive, and now her window works again :-)

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