marsrx777

Can anyone help me out with sunroof problems?????? When I try to open it only opens on one side it seems to be stuck or something. I cant see what is going on in the tracks so I can't fix it. Any suggestions or possibly recommend a place to go to in the NYC area. Thanks alot!!!!!

13B2QuIcKNy

try and push it up manually when u press the button.. they get a lil stuck sometimes... what part of nyc?

marsrx777

I tried pushing it up. That doesnt seem to work. I am in NYC (5 boroughs, NJ area). ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!!!!

M.C. Language

i got the same problem!, i know what it is, well as long as the motor on that side is still working... listen to hear if the motor is still working, it most likely is.. if it is, there is a cable on either side, that connect the sunroof from the motors, and pull it open on each side.. well my cable on the left side frayed so i have to put my arm out the window and push it pretty damn hard to help it out... if it wont go up, push from inside the car.... it will go.... but you might have to push pretty damn hard to un-Stick it.
-Ben

cymfc3s

slide the sunroof all the way back, and thoroughly clean out the rails and then lubricate them with silicone. It should operate better after a good cleaning.

busy13b

iTrader: (5)

Seems only one side wanting to open is a pretty common problem. Easiest first step is to try cleaning and lubing again, but that might not solve your problem.

I found my sunroof motor drive gear to be warn down to the point where the gear teeth were concave. Hence the gear teeth were only making contact with one of the sunroof drive cables, and that is why only one side wanted to open on it's own.


I found a motor in better condition with a non-warn-out drive gear, and after reinstalling, plus cleaning and lubing the cables/tracks, the sunroof works well agan.


BUT - taking out the entire sunroof assembly to fully inspect/clean/lube/whatever is a whole 'notha story, and shouldn't be attempted by the faint of heart..

UniqueTII

How hard is it to replace the sunroof hardware? Mine makes a clicking sound from the driver's side and sometimes doesn't want to open or close.

busy13b

iTrader: (5)

The clicking sound is probably the motor gear teeth jumping out of the cable's grooves.

Might take your sunroof motor out and inspect that gear. Requires dropping the headliner, at least from the back. You have to be pretty committed to fixing the problem because there are quite a few pieces of trim that come off in the process of dropping the headliner.

Salguod

Its a pain in the butt. You have to take the interior roof panel out to get to everything, but first you have to take the side panels off. The front sills that go along the windshield are pretty easy, but the back ones entail taking out the cubbies, because you have to get the lower side panels off...so you can take the upper side panels off... Oh and then you have to remove the rear view mirror, and then you have to............... And then finally you can get the roof panel down so you can get at the sun-roof assembly.

Basicly its an all day job. Not all that hard just time consuming.

RexRyder

iTrader: (10)

I kinda got the same problem with my sunroof, I gotta push it up while pressing the button, then It'll work fine. The only time i don't have to push it is when iI'm on the freeway. it works fine on the freeway. weird?

UniqueTII

Once it completely dies, I might think about doing all that. I'll clean and lube the track first.

RETed

http://fc3s-pro.com/TECH/PROBLEMS/INT/SR/sroof.htm


-Ted

Zaxfire

Someone help me out with mine..The motor still works cause I hear it..It won't go up..It won't go back it does nothing..Just the motor makes noise..I even tried to manually open it with the nut that has the cap over it..I tried pushing it up from inside still no dice..Helllllllppppp..

Powridah

your gonna need a whole new assembly wich is a absolute BITCH to install. you havto take off everything and then take this huge thing out of ur car its almost the size of the head liner bit smaller. took me a couple hours, but it fixed my problem

Peruvianrx7

iTrader: (25)

RISE FROM THE DEAD!, to help me... I have these same problem... now, im thinking if i can get to the sunroof can I uninstall it completly? also once the sunroof is completly off the car and lest say teh rails or regulators are compeltly scrwed how much will it be to get new ones or at least some used ones in good condition, like the motor and teh rails...? also once is all fixed how much clearance does the sunroof have when its fully open?

Jodoolin

I did this and it worked. First, it would only open a tad and seemed that only one side wanted to move. By conventional wisdon, often stated on this forum, that seemed to indicate the cable on the weak side was frayed/broken. I did the following.
1. Used high pressue air to blow out crud
2. Used Q tips & WD-40 to get out as much crud/dirt as possible
3. It would still not move if I tapped/pushed it by myself (push while holding button down)
4. Had a friend pull evenly the two sides of the roof while I held the button and pushed from inside.
5.Bingo! it opened
6. Cleaned the bejesus out of it using WD-40, Q tips and rags. Did this at least 8 times as I recall, untill very little dark stuff remained. Lubricated with white lithium spray, opened and closed it several times to work it in
8. Removed the lithioum with Q tips & rags in order to get rid of the WD-40. Did this several times until the lithium was clean and the roof moved smoothly on the tracks without the usual tap/push to get it started.
9. Now works perfectly.

I wonder how many folks have unnecessarily replaced the entire sun roof when trying what worked for me might have saved the trouble and expense.