Fixing your Honda Civic manual window isn’t a very difficult job, but can be an important one. Having your window come off track or become stuck is an extremely annoying thing, and one we’ll show you guys how to remedy today. Today we’ll be taking apart the manual window in a 1996 Honda Civic Hatchback, and showing you guys How To Fix Honda Civic Manual Windows.
Tools you will need to perform this job
- Needle nose pliers
- Phillips and Standard screwdriver
- Silicon Spray
- 10mm wrench
The problems that occur from your Honda Civic window coming off track can be numerous from the window track or regulator problems. We’ll show you first how to take the door apart to access the window and regulator bolts and braces. This is stage 1 of how to fix Honda Civic Manual windows.
To begin make sure that you have a clear open space and all the tools needed, as with all of our writeups, this is merely a guide to show you what needs to be done. If you are uncomfortable working on your vehicle, please take your car to an experienced mechanic.
Removing your Door Panel
First open the door handle to expose the main screw that holds your door handle trim in place.
Remove this screw and take off the door handle guide and trim, set these pieces to the side.
Now turn your attention to the door handle, there’s one screw that holds the door handle trim to the door bracket.
Remove this screw and set these pieces to the side for reinstallation later.
Next up is your speaker cover pull towards the back of the vehicle and up, to remove the speaker cover and expose the speaker.
Remove the 3 screws that hold the speaker into the door bracket, and unplug your front speaker assembly.
After you remove the speaker and unplug your connection, move onto the door panel itself.
Now remove the 3 screws that hold the speaker door panel in place, make sure you have a safe place for all these screws.
Now with these screws undone, it’s time to remove your manual window crank. If you are on this page and you have power windows, this step can be skipped.
Turn the manual window crank around until you see the bare part of the retaining clip, pull this clip out to remove the window crank. You are now halfway done with our how to fix Honda Civic manual windows guide.
With your window crank removed, you can now grab the lower portion of your door panel and pull away gently to pull away the door clips. These plastic clips are fragile and can break if you are not careful, so make sure to be extra gentle when tugging.
Now with the door panel removed, take a look at the door for any loose or straggler plastic clips that help pin the door panel in place. Pull these plastic clips out and place them back in the door panel.
Lift up on the panel and you should now be looking at your bare door that is protected by a sheet of plastic, carefully remove or peel back the plastic to expose the inner workings of your door.
Circled are 3 of the 4 possible adjustment points for your window track and guides, with the rear guide 10mm shown. Normally when a window comes off track, it’s usually a lubrication issue which we’ll tackle next.
Lubricating your door guides and window regulator.
If your Honda Civic window is coming off track, chances are your guides have dried up and the window is binding when you are rolling the window up.
Pulling the plastic cover back from the door will allow you to spray a thin film of silicone spray onto the door guides to help your window slide up and down.
Loosen the 10mm bolts that hold the guides in place and let the guides loose as you crank your window up and down. Adjusting your guides to help your window stay in the track and go up smoothly should be relatively easy and straightforward.
After you loosen the front guide and rear guide, it’s time to spray a gentle coat of silicon spray into the channel of the guide to help your window slide up and down.
If problems persist, you may have an issue with your roller brackets of your manual window regulator. First lubricate the roller in the guide, so that the wheels do not bind or seize in the guide.
Make sure to lubricate your rollers in the rear bracket as well as the front, and now try to roll your window up and down. If your window is STILL sticking in place, it’s time to take apart the window regulator itself.
Undo the 2 10mm bolts that hold the window to your regulator in place, and gently slide the window up and out of the door panel. Next undo the 4 10mm bolts that secure the regulator to the door, and gently turn the regulator to the left and slide it out of your door.
Make sure to pull the regulator and braces out without denting or damaging the outside of your door.
With your regulator now removed you should now be able to see what the issue is if your window is still sticking or coming off track. Our particular car happened to have a bent regulator arm, and also some damage to the center pin of the window regulator.
If you suspect that your manual regulator is damaged, remove the spring loaded clip to inspect the regulator itself.
As you can see here the manual window regulator has some serious damage to the pivot joint which is causing excess play in the window track. This excess movement causes our window to bind when rolling up or down, so we’ll be replacing the window regulator to take care of our issue.
Congratulations! You have now completed our How To Fix Honda Civic Manual Windows, and repaired your Honda Civic window.
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