ok so last few days, when i close my door, i hear a rattling like something loose inside.

so today, i got enough light to look down into the crack where the window slides down, and at the bottom of the door, i see a coil spring about 3" diameter laying in the bottom of my car.. not connected to anything. now anyone know what this is for?

everything on my car works fine, locks and unlocks from inside and out. power door locks work, window still rolls up and down. and i can still adjust my mirror.

and how would i go about getting inside of my door to remove that spring or.. put it where it should go?

 

Might be the spring that goes with the window crank..I think it just keeps the door panel away from it...you will have to remove the door panel and reach in through the holes to get it. Get a chiltons manual, it will show you how.

 

I hear something down in mine to. I have never bothered to look.

 

I was initially thinking it might be the spring behind a manual window crank, but they are less than 2" in diameter. I'm baffled about what might be there, but I'd get it out. I'd also use the opportunity to clean and regrease the window guide channels.

 

Yeah Vader, I thought they were a little smaller than described, but I couldnt think of anything else it might be.

 

ya this thing is pretty big.

i dunno when i will get the time to rip it apart. but when i do finally get it out. i will post what it was .

 

Ya know when I took off my door panel I found that there were all sorts of extra parts in there.
Is there an RPO for this factory option?

 

Is the spring made from round wire like a suspension spring, or is it made from about a 3/8" flat bar wound around an axle? If the latter, I would say it's the spring from the window regulator.
You shouls be able to pull the bottom portion of the door panel off the door frame and reach in to remove it.

 

That was my thought. sounds like a regulator spring.

 

actually its more like 4/8" inch flat bar.. its not wound around an axle. though it could have been before.. lol

oh i was joking about the 4/8" . ya its prolly 3/8"

but is this thing necessary to fix?

door seems to work fine without it

 

those springs are to assist in the rolling up of the window. Yes they will still work fine will just require more effort on your part to roll them up

 

it rolls just as easy as the day i bought it

 

we could guess for the next week. Its going to take YOU pulling the door panel and posting a pic of what you find, before we can be sure.

 

i just wanted to update:

i pulled off the top trim, and used a coat hanger to go down,grab the spring/coil thing, and pulled it up no problem.

also was a business card down their about losing weight..lol


i looked at this peice for a moment, took a flashlight inside my door.. hmm, nothing looked right for it, so i was like, oh well, and tossed it in the local bushes

more door now weighs about 2lbs less then all of yours :hail: