When we picked up our C6 and brought her home, first thing I did was to wash all the grit off of the car from the trip down from New Hampshire. I was pretty surprised to see that when I washed the side windows, water was leaking inside at the top of the windows..
So I broke out the manual and discovered something about how the windows work. Now I am assuming this is for all C6s, 2005 thru 2007, but I could be off base here. Evidently when you open the door, the side window for that door drops down a bit in order to clear the upper moulding and seal. Then when you close the door, the window then slides upwards to give a proper seal. Apparently my windows had not been indexed, which can happen if the battery has been disconnected for any reason. So I did the procedure in the manual, and all is good now. No more leaks when I squirt the hose on the side windows.
But this got me thinking..... There is a release in the trunk of the C6 to allow you to open the door(s) if there is a battery failure in the car. But since this is a manual release, how does that get the window to drop down in order to allow you to open the door? As far as I can tell, you cannot open the door until the window clears that moulding and weatherstrip. Same thing applies if you have a battery/alternator failure while you are IN the car. There is a manual release lever, but again, HOW does that get that window to drop down?
Further, if you find your battery dead one morning, not only can you not open the door (I am assuming from above), but you also cannot open the hood in order to get to the battery.
That is, unless you are willing to climb into the trunk, over the driver's seat, and reach down below the steering wheel on the side of the driver's area to grab ahold of the hood release.
I looked all through the manual to try to find more on this, but info was lacking. Surely this must be a non-problem and the window somehow does drop down even without battery power available?
C6 window indexing.
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