How's Your Weather Stripping?

[GOLDPLATER]

After 6 months of use, my new 430 has developed a 6 inch long chafe on the driver's side weather stripping. It starts where the glass transitions from the upper arch to the flat edge of the upper window. I looked at the front passenger window & it did not have the chafe marks. I just had the dealer look at the car but the technician said there was no problem. I didn't accept the tech's conclusion so i had the service mgr look at it. He said this issue was never brought to his attention by a customer before & he could not think of anything that would cause this trbl. He has offered to first try replacing the weather stripping around the window. He said if that doesn't work, he will try a new window. My initial thought was that the window was not aligned correctly but these folks seemed to dismiss that as a possibility. There were no other 430's on the lot so there was nothing to compare it to. Has anyone else noticed their weather stripping starting to chafe or show rubber wear?

John

[silvermate]

that thing should not already be chafing at ALL........its brand new...i mean my car is 12 years old and all my stripping looks brand new.......

you need to get them to replace it........after that just randomly apply some protectant to it.......to keep it supple and conditioned

[90LS400Lexus]

I agree. That should still be in mint condition. My 1990 still had perfect stripping.

[GOLDPLATER]

I agree also. I just couldn't believe my ears when the tech actually said that this was not a problem. I will hold the company to there pledge "Pursuit of Perfection" as long as i have this car. Documenting my problem on the service record will ensure that i wont have to worry about future replacement costs in the future.

John