Well here it is, I attempted to close my sunroof and heard a grinding noise and the sunroof would not close. I carefully removed the panel around the switch and found out that a screw holding the sunroof motor had fallen out and was located in the plastic part near the switch molding.

In fact all screws were loose, I tighted them. the sunroof began working. I noticed however that the passenger side tail end of the sunroof in a bit lower than the drivers side and I heard a tremendous amount of noise. I went thru the resync process several times and it will not correct itself. If I manually try to tilt it up and then hit the down button I can kind of level it out. This has been driving me crazy for the last 2 days. I called the dealer to get an idea of how much a motor would be and was told $600. I hope its something reasonable in price.

Any idea what i should be checking or doing?

 

I have figured this out. The sunroof motor can be removed without dropping the headliner. I removed the white plastic under the switch of the sunroof button, and had full access to the motor. I completely removed the motor and resecured back via the 3 screws and did the resync before putting it back together again and it worked.

I will advise the entire switch assembly including the microphone and LED light must be removed to get the entire white plastic piece out then you are able to access the sunroof motor. I was told I would be looking at a rail assembly which is $661.00 and the motor $612.00, I sure am glad that I didnt have to spend that money.

 

thats some good info there, be a shame to have it get lost. might i suggest a mod sticky or add it to a useful things to know page in the DIY section. pics would have been awesome but you described it well.

 

Was it pretty easy to get this part out? Seems like I should take a look at the screws to see if they are loose as a preventative measure.

 

I second this question. also if I were to put grease on the tracks what kind should be used and how much?

 

This sounds like the making of a DIY video...

Anyone up for making it?

 

You DIY guys scared him off.

 

id start by popping off the dome lens. if u see screws unbolt if not i would assume just pull and it will all pop off. and check the sunglass holder for screws in there.

 

just like saywat says...the dome lens looks like a good starting point


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