[s-cars] another mystery - phantom sunroof

[Tom Green]

Answer b.

Answer a usually occurs before the snowstorm, and you discover 6" of  
snow in the seats.

A fresh, new battery should fix problem b.  Garage the car to prevent  
both a and b.

The window/sunroof relay is in the drivers footwell side panel.  If it  
is failing, you can generally hear it rapidly
clicking.  Or, low voltage may cause it to click.  ???  If you have a  
suspect battery, you may not know which.

Tom

> On Monday December 21 2009 at 11:29AM,  Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net 
> > wrote:
>
> ggrrrr grrrr grrrrr click click....
>
> Argh, got the portable battery pack to jump the car, and of course  
> the alligator clips wont fit over the jump post....
>
> Pull the rear seat, pull the battery, swap in another, go to start  
> the car.
>
> And the sunroof is open.
> And doesn't appear to want to close.  Eventually got it to close  
> after a few attempts.
> No weird grinding or other noise.
>
> Mrs complained last week that it had opened unexpectedly.
>
> I checked the audiworld archives which seem to come to two  
> conclusions:
> a- dirty contacts on the sunroof switch
> b- dying/dead battery causes sunroof to automagically open.