HELP :) mk7 pano roof won't close

[ondafly]

hi - just been cleaning the rails and applying gummifledge. when I stupidly push down a tab with a cloth that is along the rails - pretty sure i did the same on the pax side too. idiot should have been paying more attention.

anyway roof won't fully close now.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6Xc2RLmS5PQ

additional pic from a working pano ! the tab is generally where i circled

 

[swcrow]

Can you manually pop the screen deflector back up? My guess is it’s sensing an obstruction

 

[ondafly]

I've managed to get it open - by pushing upwards towards the rear of the glass. This slid it open, however initially it was sitting on the roof - i've since loosed up the little mechanism on either side, so that it sits up a bit now.

However when I go to close - same issue - gets stuck at that point.

Is there any sensors or something around there, that I've inadvertently covered up with grime ? also the little tab has not reappared

heres a pic of the rail now. tab is in the inner yellow bit.

 

[ChristopherNeil]

That's what I'm thinking. It's likely a sensor that gets depressed when the glass is down, so it may think the sunroof is closed.

 

[swcrow]

Wonder if OBDeleven allows for manual reset/service position

 

[ondafly]

I scanned with obdeleven and there's no faults logged. Didn't go any further though.

 

[ondafly]

So finally got the roof closed. And for future self here's what I did. Got it open by pushing upwards on the glass as stated above. Then the little tab in yellow above - I fished that out on both sides. Then closed the roof. However as it nearly closes it pushes open fully but instead I closed it a second time and pushed it along.

So there's definitely a sensor somewhere that's getting triggered and doing a full open when it meets resistance.

 

[PRRGG1]

Thought I'd throw this in for what it's worth:

Sunroof Reset Procedure

• Open sunroof FULLY and CONTINUE to hold the switch in the full OPEN position for at least 5 Seconds.
• Close the sunroof FULLY and CONTINUE to hold the switch in the CLOSED position, the sunroof will immediately back up and slide open, but CONTINUE holding the switch in the CLOSED position. It will stop in the full open position.
• Procedure complete.