# Passenger Power Window Groans!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-power-window-groans/51676>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, noises, colorado, windows\
**Created:** [July 11, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-power-window-groans/51676 "2010-07-11T22:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ErinBrandt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@ErinBrandt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ErinBrandt)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-power-window-groans/51676/1 "2010-07-11T22:38:52Z")

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The passenger window in my 2005 Chevy CO started to make sad groaning noises this winter. If I rolled it down it would not roll back up until I pushed down on it. It would roll down and back up after pushing on it.  
  
  
  
 So the window works but requires significant pressure to make it work. And all this time it makes some really horrible whining and groaning noises.  
  
  
  
 We did take the door panel off and look at the connections but we did not goes as far as pulling the motor out. We had hoped that there was a loose wire or something - there wasn’t.  
  
  
  
 Help!!  
  
  
  
 Cheers,  
  
 Erin

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**Author:** ![MG-McAnick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mg-mcanick/32/188_2.png) [@MG-McAnick](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MG-McAnick)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-power-window-groans/51676/2 "2010-07-12T02:48:23Z")

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Buy a can of silicone spray lube and lubricate the runners where the window slides up and down. Shucks, do both of them. It’s good preventive maintenance. Any parts store will have it, even Wal\*Mart. It cures most of them.

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-power-window-groans/51676/3 "2010-07-12T02:57:10Z")

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It’s a good idea to lube this before it wears out your motor.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/passenger-power-window-groans/51676/4 "2010-07-12T11:12:24Z")

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Is the door panel still off? If so, add a spray can of white lithium grease to the silicone - spray the regulator tracks & other moving parts with the grease and the runners with the silicone.