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Old May 3, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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Sunroof Problem

So, Im driving home from a long day at work and I let my sunroof back so I can get a breeze in while Im driving. I decided that I wanted to shut the sunroof after a short period of time. As it begins to shut the sunroof make a grinding noise. I stop it and opened it back up until I got home. Now it stuck. I can feel the gears trying to shut it but something is stoping it. I got it to seal but its still cracked in the back. Can anyone help me with ideas to fix it. My friend is a tech and he thinks he can fix it. So I guess my real question is does anyone know how to detach the sunroof or take off the interior panelling?

Oh yeah......its a 02 SportCoupe if that helps.
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Old May 4, 2009 | 03:29 PM
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well, that sounds like something that happened to me. After $1200 it was repaired. Don't try to operate it too much because you could burn the motors. There are some instructions here how to do that but then again, that is something really ugly to deal with. You probably are going to wind up buying the rails (track assembly). My SA told me that I was better off taking it to a professional sunroof shop

Sorry about that and good luck. I really feel your pain.

BTW, the stealership asked $2900 for the repair
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Old May 4, 2009 | 08:17 PM
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Mine messed up too

When the tree killed my wife's 2002 E320, mine coupe got popped on the roof. Afterwards, the roof actuator was making a machine gun noise. Diagnosis is messed up cable (4 hours of labor to fix).
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Old May 4, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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Lots of threads on this...the gear on the motor strips.
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Old May 4, 2009 | 10:47 PM
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The picture looking up my nose in 3....2....1.....

I should change it out and just put a pic of a girl in a swimsuit.
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Old May 5, 2009 | 03:06 AM
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Thx. I dug around a little deeper and found some info on it. I'm not gonna mess with it. Ima get to shut completly cause it still has a crack. I don't need it that bad......come on Mercedes very dissapointed. UGH.
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Old May 5, 2009 | 03:43 AM
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The picture looking up my nose in 3....2....1.....

I should change it out and just put a pic of a girl in a swimsuit.
LOL, oh THAT picture...
I'll need to find that one....
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Old May 5, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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It's very dissapointing... most people just completely shuts completely the damn thing but such is life. Try to get it to a professional sunroof shop that deals with webasto.

Link to the Authorized Webasto Dealers in Florida
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hey i had the same problem u have to slide the cable inside by pushing it with a something like a long screwdriver, u know the side that doesn't close, u has to play with it but be ease on it, don't forced it.
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