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Old Jun 1, 2007 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteFwdsm
I can help you, because this has happened to me. This helps if you have an air compressor, I tried the hanger through the tubes non-sense and that's what it is non-sense. Compressor air = fixed without doubts.

So you remove your headliner. You will see a tube on each corner, one that runs through your driver side A-pillar and one that runs through the passenger side A-pillar. There's two more, one runs through your driver side B-pillar and one runs through your passenger side B-pillar. Once you found those... you can't miss them they run off from the sunroof unit... next step...

You can release the hose clamps and try to remove the tubes off the piece that goes into it, once tubes are removed blow compressed air through them a few times till you hear clear air moving through your fender walls.

Be careful when removing the tubes you do not want to break them. I played it safe and just put a hose extension on the air gun to reach the holes from the top of the sunroof. This way I believe you don't have to remove your headliner but you may need to remove your sunroof glass.

It's up to you which way you want to do it. I removed the sunroof and the headliner to get everything cleaned up and cleared to make sure I had no more leaks.

As far as the sunroof not closing and you having to hold it, sounds like the motor is going on it. Has there's been any maintenance done to the sunroof like greasing the rails and what not? If not, it may be all dried up and could also be causing the problem. Still though it seems the motor might be going bad.

BTW, the reason you can't find the runners is because they are just holes. Two in which you can see when the sunroof is all the way open at the front of the sunroof on the ends. Those are the holes that you need to blow compressed air through or remove the headliner and get to them easier that way. The headliner is not difficult to remove. Just check what I said and you figure out a way you want to do it. Like I said I removed both sunroof glass and headliner.
so is the sunroof designed for water that gets in there to run out those runners and to the ground? and the runners are just gummed up or something, and the water just spills out into the interior?
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