We had heavy rains here in Richmond, VA yesterday. On my way to taking my son to school he asked, "Dad, why is the floor all wet?" I let out a choice word. I get to work and pull the floor mat out and it's soaked; same for the carpet underneath.

My first thought was vapor barrier behind the door card, but I said let me search first. I come to my desk and search the forum for water leaks, and to my surprise I see a lot mentioned about the sunroof drains. I go back to the garage and feel along the headliner; sure enough wet along the front passenger corner. How the heck does it get all the way to the floor and leave no trace.

Now here's the kicker; my sunroof is broken. It will tilt up but not go back, and if you tilt it all the way up it will not close back down w/out persuasion. I had my mechanic order parts on Monday, but they are not in yet. I’m going to have him clear the drains of any obstruction while he’s doing it.

Thanks to the forum members for their helpful contributions.

Mousiee

 

happens to the best of us...

 

Parts for the sunroof came in yesterday, so I dropped it off last night. I'm going to have the power steering fluid flushed while it's there.

 

sweet deal. sounds like you should be getting it back quick. glad its going well.

 

Well, my sunroof is still inoperable.

My mechanic told me that one of the tracks is bent, and the requires the sunroof to be taken out to fix. The part is about $140 and the labor is about three hours.

However, he was able to get the drains cleared. He told me because the track was bent, when I tried to open the sunroof the drains were knocked off of what guides the water to them. I hope I'm saying that right. He was able to get the guides attached to the drains and they tested it to make sure all was good.

I like all options in my cars to be full functional, so this is really eating at me...haha Has anyone attempted this fix before?

Thanks
Mousiee

 

To get the sunroof assembly out the headliner needs to be removed. I swapped my broke one out for a used good one in my Yellow car.

 

Wow....no wonder it's like 3 hrs labor.

My headliner needs to be done too due to water stains and saggin in a couple areas. It'll be nice to change it to black.

 

Mine is still out because it needs to be done as well. I am doing mine gray to match the rest of the interior.

P.S. these cars look major ugly with the headliner out.

 

Thanks for the advice!

I saw where another member grabbed a sunroof from a v70. I'll shop around to see what I can find.

 

Keep us updated please.

 

No doubt!!!!!

This is holding up my progress. I wanted to pick up some S80 wheels, oh well.

 

Tech,

Need your help; I found a 850 sunroof assembly in my are, but it's from a sedan. To the best of your knowledge; do you know if the 850 sedan and wagon use the same sunroof?

Thanks
Mousiee

 

part numbers are the same, so i would say yes.

 

Tech is out til Monday, but I would thiknk they are the same also. If the part numbers are the same they would almost have to be the same.

 

850tony & JimKW,

Thanks for the confirmation. I'll order it tomorrow.

I'm gonna remove the headliner myself this way the labor will not be crazy for the R&R of the sunroof assembly and recovering of the headliner.

Mousiee

 

Hopefully it all goes well.