Window streaking
Driver
Joined: Mar 2012
Posts: 182
Likes: 2
From: Toronto
I too have this problem, but what car doesn't? Let's be gracious that the windows don't actually get stuck during the winter like my Range Rover does. And I thought they tested those in harsh Arctic conditions...
Rookie
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
From: AZ
Rookie
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 84
Likes: 0
From: Houston, TX
Does this still happen to anyone? it's pretty annoying...I've never had this happen to any other cars I've had. I mean, maybe for like an hour or so, but even when I roll down the window the next day, it still leaves streaks...any way to fix this?
Rookie
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 55
Likes: 0
From: AZ
Yep just happened to me today after i got my car washed. I am hoping that once it getting hotter later later in the year here in Arizona that i wont have to deal with it. But as it is now, after i get the car washed i row the windows up and down once, let tings dry then use a microfiber cloth to remove the marks and i am good tell the next wash or rain.
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Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,148
Likes: 1
From: NY
SO INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING!!!
Take my car to a car wash this morning.
Go to work.
It's 75 degrees and sunny out.
Go to the gym.
Get out of the gym.
Roll down the windows because hot.
Get home.
Roll up the windows.
THEY STREAK!!! WTF!!! ???
Who's complained to your dealer / corporate about this yet?
THIS NEEDS A FIX.
Take my car to a car wash this morning.
Go to work.
It's 75 degrees and sunny out.
Go to the gym.
Get out of the gym.
Roll down the windows because hot.
Get home.
Roll up the windows.
THEY STREAK!!! WTF!!! ???
Who's complained to your dealer / corporate about this yet?
THIS NEEDS A FIX.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 1,419
Likes: 10
From: ON, Canada
This is normal for any cars unless you have some rain repellent coating on it which would help a lot.
You can apply rain repellent coating on all windows even on the front door windows which already have the coating applied in the factory.
When water is beading on the window, the glass won't streak as much.
You can apply rain repellent coating on all windows even on the front door windows which already have the coating applied in the factory.
When water is beading on the window, the glass won't streak as much.
Pole Position
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,942
Likes: 182
From: Los Angeles, CA
my back window streaks for whatever reason - there are like streak marks that i can see if i look in the rearview mirror whether or not the car has just been washed or hasn't been washed in a week. it's super annoying and the dealer has no explanation to give. i'm totally confused.
the streaks seem to flow to a bottom/lower point from the top of the rear window. ugh.
the streaks seem to flow to a bottom/lower point from the top of the rear window. ugh.
Lexus Test Driver
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 1,148
Likes: 1
From: NY
This is normal for any cars unless you have some rain repellent coating on it which would help a lot.
You can apply rain repellent coating on all windows even on the front door windows which already have the coating applied in the factory.
When water is beading on the window, the glass won't streak as much.
You can apply rain repellent coating on all windows even on the front door windows which already have the coating applied in the factory.
When water is beading on the window, the glass won't streak as much.
That's not a fix.
my back window streaks for whatever reason - there are like streak marks that i can see if i look in the rearview mirror whether or not the car has just been washed or hasn't been washed in a week. it's super annoying and the dealer has no explanation to give. i'm totally confused.
the streaks seem to flow to a bottom/lower point from the top of the rear window. ugh.
the streaks seem to flow to a bottom/lower point from the top of the rear window. ugh.
Driver School Candidate
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 11
Likes: 0
From: CA
It's wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them , every time I wash the car and it's nice and dry then many hrs later I still roll the window down and it's still wet and streaks with wet marks , even the next day , continues to streak . So don't know if this is normal for these cars or not , any help would be great :-)
I have a technique that helps prevent that for me when I wash my car myself After drying the car, I roll down all four windows about two thirds the way down. I then dry the top edge of each window, where normally you can't quite reach when they're rolled up. Then, when I roll the windows up, most of the water that had found it's way down the window 'sticks' to the window on the way up. I then dry that up. After a short time, subsequent roll ups/downs are almost always streak free.
Hope this helps.
Pole Position
Joined: Jul 2010
Posts: 2,942
Likes: 182
From: Los Angeles, CA
although, as someone stated above, i, too, don't think that i've ever owned a car that hasn't had side windows streak when rolling them up/down after the car has been wet.
