Heimkehr
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- James
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Once the rear window is removed, what keeps the side windows from coming loose?
If the side windows aren't installed correctly, they can detach while the vehicle is moving, even if the rear window is itself correctly installed at the time.You’re tempting fate. You will eventually lose your side windows. Manual explicitly says not to remove or roll up the back window. It’s literally what holds the sides in place.
Even with the side windows properly seated & secured, though, I wouldn't drive the Jeep with the rear window removed. The current design of the side window retention system isn't sturdy enough to function independent of the supplemental protection provided with the rear window also in place. Thus the careful language in the Owner's Manual regarding this matter, and the precise decal graphic on the Mopar soft window storage bag of storing all three windows therein.
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