[s-cars] Fw: sunroof no close, engine no start...stumped

[mike schowengerdt]

just dealt w/this 2days ago on a customer car.....
disconnect the battery, put the roof switch in the position that matches the roof postion, reconnect the battery, close the roof
lower all windows, open roof, exit car, hold key in lock position to reset auto close function 
recode radio


----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu>
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2006 2:23:50 PM
Subject: [s-cars] sunroof no close, engine no start...stumped


I bet this has been a common topic in previous Novembers.  Maybe mine 
has a twist.

Go out this morning, turn the key, clickclickclickclick.  Okay, fine.  
Battery's dead.  No time to wonder why, no time to say hello goodbye, 
I'm late.  Jump it off a Miata.  Wasn't sure even a running Miata would 
start my engine, but it did after a couple of slow initial cranks.  Then 
I notice that the sunroof's open.  Why is the sunroof open?  I know I 
didn't open it.  Maybe the underpant gnomes opened it as they were 
licking the terminals of my battery.  Twist the knob to the open 
position, then back to closed.  It makes a not going anywhere sound and 
doesn't close.  Ugh.  Whatever.  Is it going to rain today?  No.  So I 
leave and park the car outside with the sunroof open.  No big deal.

It sits for 5.5 hours (it sat for 9 last night).  Starts right up the 
first time the same way it normally does.  Sunroof still won't close.

It's not scheduled to rain here until next Thursday, but it's getting 
cold and I'm a weenie.  Any thoughts?  Oh, yeah...and I threw away the 
little manual close key thing.  You know...weight reduction.

-Cheers!
Mike
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