OK. My sunroof has been giving me trouble for a while. It opens just fiine, but when you close it, it goes part way, seems to get stuck, then reverses, and re-opens. I removed the glass, checked the track (clear) , noticed that a bar along the back side running between the two sides was broken (fixed it). I did notice however, that when it is opening, one side lifts part way, as though it was at the roof opening, and that that is when it reverses. Only one side lifts part way like that, and when it reverses, it drops down again. Are both sides supposed to lift early, or do they lift only when they are fully closed? When it does close fully (with manual help from me to prevent reversing) it goes into place, and seals nicely on its own. What can I do to fix this?

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I just looked at mine. When the front of the glass hits the front of the opening, the back pops up and closes. Hope this helps, I know nothing about the sunroof - yet!

 

Greetings,

I am not 100% sure about the symptom, but I'll post 2 pics that may give you some ideas as to the "scissors mechanism", which seems to fail rather frequently on 850s.

There's a metal pin that has to align with the "female" part of the track, and if there is a misalignment, it may cause symptoms as yours.

Good luck,


JPN

P.S: I am a graduate of The Winchendon School, which is about 20 minutes from Leominster.

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10Q! All set.
Steve

 

Hi Steve,

Glad to be of help. I'll delete the 2nd pic.

I hope your sunroof comes back to normal soon.

Regards,


Kanji/JPN