Power sunroof Question

[dc]

My son has a '98 Legacy GT. The power sunroof opens fine, but when it is
closing, it gets about 1/2 way and then seems to get a little crooked and
stops closing. The dealer says it's an expensive fix. Does anyone have any
suggestions?

 

[John]

DC,
This method worked on my 95 when the roof had trouble closing: Clean the
tracks that the sunroof runs along well with some WD40 or similar oil/lube.
Open and close a few times while reapplying to the tracks. Don't just spray
the tracks, wipe them down well to get all the gunk off. Once all the gunk
is gone spray a final time for lubrication If you have to, as the roof is
closing, help it out with your hand to keep it straight until after a few
passes it closes straight on its own.

 

[Rob Duncan]

DC,
This method worked on my 95 when the roof had trouble closing: Clean the
tracks that the sunroof runs along well with some WD40 or similar oil/lube.
Open and close a few times while reapplying to the tracks. Don't just spray
the tracks, wipe them down well to get all the gunk off. Once all the gunk
is gone spray a final time for lubrication If you have to, as the roof is
closing, help it out with your hand to keep it straight until after a few
passes it closes straight on its own.

Light oils are great at cleaning old grease away. Which will help. But you
cant rely on the wd40, or whatever, for lubrication alone. Its far too
light. Follow the manuals recomendation for lubrication. Im not familiar
with it, but I will take a guess and say it probably needs Lithium Grease.
But dont take me at my word, I may be wrong.


Rob

 

[tm]

My son has a '98 Legacy GT. The power sunroof opens fine, but when it is
closing, it gets about 1/2 way and then seems to get a little crooked and
stops closing. The dealer says it's an expensive fix. Does anyone have any
suggestions?

I have a '97 Legacy Wagon GT and my sunroof stops at halfway when closing. I
release the switch and apply pressure again and it closes fine. I figured
it was just one of those silly options.

 

[PCB]

Light oils are great at cleaning old grease away. Which will help. But you
cant rely on the wd40, or whatever, for lubrication alone. Its far too
light.

More importantly, WD40 is a solvent, not a lubricant.

 

[jMon]

This is functioning as designed according to my manual (2003 Baja).
Why they made it a two-step process I have no idea.

 

[null]

According to the manual it's suppose to reduce wind noise in the half open
position. It doesn't.

 

[PandoraSun]

According to info from my Subaru dealer, the reason for the way the sun roof
closes in two stages is....it is a safety feature assuring no ones hands are
accidentally closed in the roof .