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LaserBlueZ71 Enthusiast

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Or not being able to roll the window down when its humid outside. Even better would be the law suit for someone drowning after running off into a body of water and lot letting them out of the car/truck.

Good points. I didn't think of that, the post was made before I had my Sunday morning coffee.

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Cosmic Charlie Enthusiast

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Let's see if the electrical connectors in the interior options start to corrode somewhat as time goes on ...

DAY11 Enthusiast

DAY11

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I had two days of the best drying weather possible. I could barely find any dampness after yesterday and today I ran fans a couple of different locations. All soft materials are very dry.

 

I too worry about the long term

eodguy2 Enthusiast

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go to walmart or other store. get a couple of the gallon damp rid containers will help a lot!

wulfgott Enthusiast

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My 09 Challenger had a stupid "feature" where if you held the unlock button down on the remote, it would roll the windows down. I found this feature one day when I was working around the house and apparently something else in my pocket held the button down. Fortunately the car was in the garage so no harm was done. I was very careful to not have the fob in a pants pocket from then on. I suspect some software programmer who didn't even own a car thought this was a great idea.

My Silverado does this. I think it was the first thing I disabled once I learned about it in settings.

bigsam94 Enthusiast

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So apparently I left my sunroof open last evening. So of course we got a storm that dropped and inch and a half of rain. Needless to say I had some work on my hands today. Thank goodness it is dry and sunny.

 

So I took everything apart that I could and removed everything that would come out. I towel dried everywhere then used a shop vac to push the water out of the nooks and crannies. I pulled the trim out and carpet up. I have been running fans all day.

 

I had the console apart and took a long drive with the seat vents running. Now I will let the fans do their thing...

remove the door sill plastic piece and feel up under the carpet. If the padding is soaked, you're going to want to go to an upholstery place (the guys that put leather seats in SLE's) and have them remove the carpet and dry it. If it's that wet then the fans arent going to cut it.

 

edit: didnt see that you said it was dry. Id still look under the carpet though

DAY11 Enthusiast

DAY11

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I did pull the trim and I peeled back the carpet and liners. After blot drying everything and then running the fans against the carpet/liner for two days everything is bone dry. Trust me I took it apart.

 

No smells and no more moisture

CRApex Enthusiast

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I'd turn a claim in with your insurance company...Just in case you start having issues down the road you have a record of it. Water can cause unexpected problems months after you think you had everything taken care of..

Havvkeye Enthusiast

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My 09 Challenger had a stupid "feature" where if you held the unlock button down on the remote, it would roll the windows down. I found this feature one day when I was working around the house and apparently something else in my pocket held the button down. Fortunately the car was in the garage so no harm was done. I was very careful to not have the fob in a pants pocket from then on. I suspect some software programmer who didn't even own a car thought this was a great idea.

Pretty sure your truck has this feature too. If I hold unlock it rolls down all windows and unfolds my mirrors. If I hold lock it folds my mirrors in.

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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Pretty sure your truck has this feature too. If I hold unlock it rolls down all windows and unfolds my mirrors. If I hold lock it folds my mirrors in.

Both features can be activated/deactivated independently in 'settings'.

 

Mirrors move following 'press and hold'.

Windows down requires 'press, release then press and hold'.

Havvkeye Enthusiast

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Both features can be activated/deactivated independently in 'settings'.

 

Mirrors move following 'press and hold'.

Windows down requires 'press, release then press and hold'.

My Windows go down with just press and hold. No need to release. My remote start requires lock hit and release then start hold.

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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My Windows go down with just press and hold. No need to release. My remote start requires lock hit and release then start hold.

 

Turns out so does mine!. I've been dutifully following the instructions in the manual, but I just went out and tried it without the 'release' step.

 

'Press and hold' unlock and mirrors start to move right away. After mirrors movement is finished, the windows then went down. Truck is an NHT (tow mirrors), so I frequently fold them in parking lots sot people don't walk into them.

 

(and I did recheck the 2016 sierra manual -- it definitely says the windows down requires the method I had posted)

cbit56 Enthusiast

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You might want to look into buying a couple small containers of "Damp Rid" and keep them in the cab to help remove some moisture.

 

 

Wife left the windows down on her car one day and got soaked. DampRid works great.

DAY11 Enthusiast

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During low humidity days we have been having I leave it open all day. At night I close it up and open the lid on a Damprid.

drummerdawg Enthusiast

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They had this feature for the convertible top in the 60s. I guess another lost technology.

BMW has rain sensors. They have an automatic windshield wiper setting that goes faster/slower depending on how heavy the rain is. Also think you could code the car to close windows if that sensor was tripped while parked.

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