Just bought a used 2004 MINI Cooper S.

I noticed lots of wind noise driving it around.

Upon closer inspection, the driver and passenger windows do not seal against the weather strip. On the rear edge of both windows, the window sticks out 1-2mm away from the weather strip, leaving a open gap. The window is snug to the strip all the way around except for about 50% of the rear edge in the middle of the window where it curves. Sitting inside, you can actually see through to the outside, between the window and the gap. The gap is large enough to slide an envelope through.

I noticed other threads on this forum complaining about the same issue, but no resolution.

Anyone have a solution to this issue?

 

There is an adjustment procedure for the windows in the Bentley manual. Read it; haven't tried it; don't need to. But it doesn't sound overly complex.

 

Could this just simply be an issue of having to reset the posistion with the old "hold the button up for five seconds" things?

 

Tried that... Nothing changed.

The rear edge of the window is making contact with the weather strip at the bottom and top of the window. It's just the area in between that isn't making contact. If I push the window in from the outside, it will make contact.

Maybe I should move the door latch back for a tighter fit?

 

Maybe the door striker just needs to be adjusted. I'm off Sat and sunday. I could come take a look and see if we can fix it. My car wont be back from the shop until next week.

 

Took it to the dealership and they adjusted the windows. The gaps are gone and it is hundred times quieter in the car.

New issue - The right window's front edge whistles at speeds over 50mph. Dealer said they would fix it as soon as I can bring it back.

 

What did they do to adjust it?

 

if you look on the lower portion of the door you will see 2 adjusting bolts, they bring the window in or away from the body...if the window isnt sitting square at the top you will need a special spanner wrench the dealer only has to adjust the window that way

 

i have this same exact issue that the OP posted...ive never seen the screw..do you have to remove the door panel completely? i have a 2004 as well.

 

sorry....if you look on the bottom of the door you will see 2 bolts...those are the adjustments to move it in and out

 

i need to move it in a little then.

i noticed this ever since i got my windows tinted. i think its when they are squeeging the tint on, since they are frameless windows, the pressure pushing on the glass prally through it out of alignment.

 

doubt it.

 

thats when it happened...you dont think pushing pressure on the inside of the glass can do that??????

 

negative, the Bentley manual describes what must be done. The two screws in the bottom of the door...heaads pointing down toward the ground have to be loosened.....then slid them in toward the car or away from the car to adjust the rake of the glass to make a tight seal.

If the glass is not square in the door, the trim on the outside of the top door edge will need to be removed to access the star wheel that secures the glass so that the glass can be repositioned then tighten the star wheel once it is square. there is a special wrench for the task, however the star wheel can be loosened with a metric Allen wrench since the center of the wheel has a place for the wrench to fit.

 

+1

i didnt think you would be able to fit anything up top on the star wheel without that special tool which is very slim to get into that tight space

 

We used the allen wrench on the star wheels as stated above when installing my drivers door regulator. Worked fine, didn't even know there was a special tool for the star cog until recently. Now I need to go back and try to adjust my window. The window doesn't go all the way up and goes down farther than the passenger side so I'm hoping there is enough adjustment to fix my problem.