[s-cars] Sunroof Gone Wild

[James Murray (LMC)]

Guys I had the same problem, although mine would also sporadically open on
it's own, for me at least it was not the motor, it was the rotary switch.

Yes, you can fix the rotary switch yourself. Pull the sunroof switch panel
forward from the windshield towards you, it will unclip and fall about 6 to
8 inches dangling from the wires. Now unclip the rotary switch from the
panel. Once you have the switch out you need to be extra careful seperating
the rotary switch the small side clips break very easy (BTDT). Once the
switch is open you want to clean the contacts and the metal prongs. I wanted
extra insurance so I resoldered my switch wires as they looked a little
dogey in my case. Then just reassemble as it was, shouldn't take you more
than ½ hour. Mine has been working perfect ever since. (I'm going by memory
on this, but I think that's about all there is to the procedure)

Hope this helps.

Cheers, /James.

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Russ Panneton [SMTP:russ at panneton.name]
	Sent:	August 10, 2002 12:43 AM
	To:	c w
	Cc:	s-car-list at audifans.com
	Subject:	Re: [s-cars] Sunroof Gone Wild

	On Fri, 9 Aug 2002 19:48:26 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

	>
	>My sunroof is starting to act up. When I try to close
	>it, it will move about 80% of the way an the open back
	>up. Is it common for the rotary switch to fail or is
	>there a way to clean it?
	>

	Mine does that sometimes, too.  I believe the motor electronics
sense an
	obstruction, real or "imagined," and reverse the closing action.  I
can
	reliably close mine by "helping" close it that last 1/3 or so of the
way.  The
	windows will also reverse closing if they sense too much resistance.

	HTH,

	Russ

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	Russ Panneton                          russ at s-cars.org
	Nederland, CO              "Too bad ignorance isn't painful"
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