# Window leaks **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** slk-class, mercedes-benz, windows, leaks\ **Created:** [December 28, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-leaks/59234 "2010-12-28T21:41:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jniedere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@jniedere](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jniedere)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-leaks/59234/1 "2010-12-28T21:41:34Z")
Both windows on my SLK230 leak. I replace the window molding every 2 years to fix it. I am looking for the cause of the seal failures. Does the force at which the hardtop compresses the seal contribute to the problem? ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-leaks/59234/2 "2010-12-28T21:57:42Z")
It’s impossible to guess without seeing the old neoprene after it’s removed, but yours sounds like a good theory. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-leaks/59234/3 "2010-12-28T23:27:58Z")
Has the car ever been in an accident? What windows are leaking? Side, front, back??? Is it a convertible hardtop? Who is replacing the the seal? Maybe a good auto glass shop can find and correct the problem. ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-leaks/59234/4 "2010-12-28T23:38:38Z")
Some designs just lend themselves to leaking. If I think back on all the rubber sealing pieces I have replaced (and I replaced a lot for GM) I can not say that the reason for replacement was visible to the eye in 99% of the cases. Big with GM was any rubber piece from a Corvette,Cavalier, Camaro and the door seals for full sized pickups (also the seal for windows next to the jump seats) Nothing ever really stuck out when examined by eye. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/window-leaks/59234/5 "2010-12-28T23:50:22Z")
My dad used to have problems getting his convertable tops to keep a good seal. Of course, he used to put his oversized, overstuffed golf bags w/the fancy golf carts in the back seat lying on the convertible roof…and occasionally start to raise the roof, foregetting they were there. Do you golf?