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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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so i just got my car back today from the stealership. well they had my car for 2 days it wasnt just a simple lube this lube that they acctually change the whole wind deflector they said my wind deflector was corrodded and deformed. so no idea how that happened im first owner of the vehicle but anyways everything is warrantied so im okay with it if it wasnt under warranty it would have been 600 dollars for deflector and labor. well thats it so if ur deflector sticks and is still under warranty take it in to get check out
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 01:20 PM
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Ya, actually I was planning to do something like this very soon. I have about 6k miles left on my warranty and have been meaning to have it looked it. My sunroof won't always close the deflector. It usually can't push it down and does the safety thing and backs up again.

I'm guessing the tracks need to be cleaned or something, but I'm going to have them do it while I still have the warranty.
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 02:41 PM
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a little bit of white lithium grease goes a long way
Old Feb 13, 2009 | 05:24 PM
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just throw a lil KY on there....
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 02:29 AM
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yea warranty is good. just alittle bummed that ive only had the car for 1 yr and it has a problem like this.
Old Feb 14, 2009 | 02:31 AM
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have you every reset your car battery. I did this to mine and it was fine. just unplug the negative terminal. it resets the roof. worked for me.
Old Feb 16, 2009 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by guitartito
just throw a lil KY on there....
HAHA oh man
Old Feb 16, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ScionJim23
have you every reset your car battery. I did this to mine and it was fine. just unplug the negative terminal. it resets the roof. worked for me.
Been there. It works for just a little while and then starts doing the same thing again.
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Originally Posted by gofastC
a little bit of white lithium grease goes a long way

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