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rear sun roof stuck open

Post by lou9890 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:09 am

hello all

My rear sunroof appears to be stuck on open. Managed to get the large front section closed but the back wont budge. been told that the Sunroof Cartridge needs replacing, does anyone know anymore about this and if i need this cartridge where i might get one apart from BMW and how mch it should cost me.

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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by X5Sport » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:33 am

It's unfortunately a 'known' issue and the only fix without a replacement is to permanently disable the rear section so it stays in the down position.  There's a couple of people on this forum who have done it.

A new sunroof cartridge was about £1,800 and can only be got from BMW.  Not sure if that price included fitting.

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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by LincsX5 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:47 am

Have a look here http://xdrivers.co.uk/forum/index.php?t ... 26.15  reply #21 for the fix I carried out. It will disable the rear part but leaves the front and blind fully operational. It's simple, free but permanent.
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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by Nat » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:37 am

Been there, seen that and even got the T-shirt. Its £2500 from BMW ( well it was 3 years ago ) and no that does NOT include fitting which was some stupid amount of hours from memory ( like 15 ).................

Thats why my new X5 doesn't have a sunroof.................This last bit wont help you at all.

Consider trying a breakers yard for one off a later car and disable the rear section.

Its a shame BMW dont offer just a normal sunroof, only the pan roof.

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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by lou9890 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 6:12 pm

Thank you very much for the advice with this i have managed to close the rear section with the help of the link you guys gave me. will attempt to disable the rear section next.

Thank You Again

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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by LincsX5 » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:10 pm

It is very easy to do. I used a Dremel after checking, double checking then having another check I was cutting the right bit off. A year on and the front and blind have operated with no issues. The rear part is an irrelevance as far as I'm concerned, or it certainly is at £2500 + fitting  :razz:
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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by avonside » Thu Jun 13, 2013 12:15 am

Here is the link to my pictures of the roof fix.a 15 min job to save 1000s a complete no brainier.front glass has now operated perfectly since the fix.good luck.

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Re: rear sun roof stuck open

Post by MrMaloo » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:42 am

I saw a company on ebay that offered a guaranteed pan roof fixing service - was about £700 all in i think.
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