Funny but...
While I've never had an issue with mine, my brother had a T-bird and his would stick, stall and make noise. After hitting my head on the damn thing one time too many, I took the trim off to expose the whole thing. I used an electrical components cleaner and the re-lubed the whole asssembly and worked it in and it worked without a hitch since then.
I did mine with just lube and it has never made noise or stuck. No issues at all 18 years later.