Camry :: Window Seals Leaving Black Residue On Windows
Aug 4, 2014
2011 SE v6 18k miles (certified used)
When we bought our Camry a couple months ago one of the things we noticed at the dealership when looking at the car was that all the windows had a black line at the very top of all of the windows. It looks like the window seal is rubbing off onto the windows and leaving this black line of "stuff" on the window.
We mentioned it to the salesman who said that when the car was being detailed, it would be cleaned off.
When we were picking up the car, there was still some of this black residue on the very tops of the windows, where it seals into the door. We said something to the salesman and he personally took a razor and some cleaner and wiped it off.
Here is the problem, it keeps doing it. I'm assuming that the window seals are bad, possibly from the heat? Either way they keep leaving this black residue on the windows which is annoying my wife.
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