GLK 350 SUNROOF
06-12-2016, 03:19 PM
#1
Newbie
Thread Starter
GLK 350 SUNROOF
I HAVE GLK350 4MATIC AND WAS WONDERING DOES THE SUNROOF SUPPOSE TO GO ALL THE WAY BACK LIKE ON THE BMW WHERE YOU HAVE SUNROOF/MOONROOF AND THE CUSTOMERS IN THE BACK CAN GET AIR
06-12-2016, 09:17 PM
#2
Not sure what year yours is, but mine is a 2011.
Only the front sunroof opens up completely. The moonroof in the back only has a sun shade that opens and closes, the glass is in a fixed position.
Hope that helps.
Only the front sunroof opens up completely. The moonroof in the back only has a sun shade that opens and closes, the glass is in a fixed position.
Hope that helps.
06-18-2016, 07:03 PM
#4
Senior Member
If it's a Panorama sunroof, when you open the shade you can see out the front and back but only the front opens. It either tilts or slides back.
06-20-2016, 08:08 AM
#5
Member
Hey Diamondgirl1600,
The MB sunroof is not like BMW or others that use thinner unframed glass which slide back and out completely. The MB sunroof in the GLK is framed, strong and retracts about 80% of it's length as do most of this style of sunroof. Unframed and lighter sunroofs tend to be less sealed/weather proof and are held in place with lightweight clips adhered with strong glue in many cases to create the "floating glass" look. The advantage to this is a larger and brighter open roof at the expense of sound proofing, wind noise and rigidity of the car's proof protection and safety systems. And as stated the back glass panel is permanently in place offering only light. Of my 5 cars with the lighter sunroofs, I tended to avoid opening them up as wind noise became a deep howl at highway speeds and one sunroof completely was broken due to wind damage at a $$ big cost to me (BMW model). I am starting to think MD over engineers their products sometimes thinking of things that would never come up in real-life for the majority of owners. But we get that little bit more from them in their cars then.
The MB sunroof is not like BMW or others that use thinner unframed glass which slide back and out completely. The MB sunroof in the GLK is framed, strong and retracts about 80% of it's length as do most of this style of sunroof. Unframed and lighter sunroofs tend to be less sealed/weather proof and are held in place with lightweight clips adhered with strong glue in many cases to create the "floating glass" look. The advantage to this is a larger and brighter open roof at the expense of sound proofing, wind noise and rigidity of the car's proof protection and safety systems. And as stated the back glass panel is permanently in place offering only light. Of my 5 cars with the lighter sunroofs, I tended to avoid opening them up as wind noise became a deep howl at highway speeds and one sunroof completely was broken due to wind damage at a $$ big cost to me (BMW model). I am starting to think MD over engineers their products sometimes thinking of things that would never come up in real-life for the majority of owners. But we get that little bit more from them in their cars then.
