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Is it about price or reliability? I never had a manual window winder fail to work, but electric window buttons breaking or the motor getting stuck (e.g. in icy
by cameronh90 1y ago
Is it about price or reliability?
I never had a manual window winder fail to work, but electric window buttons breaking or the motor getting stuck (e.g. in icy conditions) has happened at some point in every car I've owned.
The convenience factor hugely outweighs the rare failures for me, but I could see why someone buying a Wrangler for its intended purpose might actually prefer the manual option.
- pixl97 1y ago>I never had a manual window winder fail How old are you? Back in the 70s-80s these manual ones would break all the damned time. Of course US cars from that age we're commonly crap.
- cameronh90 1y agoOld enough to have owned multiple cars from the 80s, but not from new! However I do live in the UK so they were European/UK cars - Vauxhall, Volvo, Citroen, Renault.
- SoftTalker 1y agoManual windows can and do fail, but in my experience not as often as electric ones. There’s just less to go wrong.
- nl 1y agoI've had manual winders fail
- ekaryotic 1y agosame, the cable style are prone to seize. the older manual winders that use a segment of a sheet metal gear and levers were bulletproof though.
- Gareth321 1y ago> I never had a manual window winder fail to work I have. It jammed. When I tried to release it the glass fell out (into the door).
- StopDisinfo910 1y agoIn my experience, they both fail but differently. Electric winders tend to experience motor failure leaving you with a stuck window. They don't stress the mechanism that much. Manual winders, you would generally experience mechanical failure. If you were lucky, you broke the handle. If you were unlucky, you broke the gears and had the pleasure of watching your window fall into the door.