help with sunroof motor... it only rotates one way !

[Saibot]

Hi, i apologise for being a lurker and not really ever posting since i joined; but i have a serious issue right now :^(

ive been DIYing most stuff for my car

- pioneer nav

- footwell lighting

- seatbelt replacement

- o2 sensor replacement

etc etc.

but this has me absolutely stumped.

a few weeks ago the interior trim / lining of the sun roof came off while the sun roof was open. it basically got stuck above the headliner in the car; so after i closed the sunroof, i wasnt able to ever open it fully again. i tried to tackle this problem today and one problem led to another and this whole sunroof thing has me so frustrated.

Basically where it stands now is; ive removed the entire ceiling of the car - center consol, headliner, sunroof, sunroof interior trim, motor, rails.. EVERYTHING,

the reason for this was because after i unscrewed the sunroof pannel and removed it, the sunroof rails were not doing anything when i pressed buttons. i though there was something stuck in the tracks at first, but couldnt find anything. then i took out the motor to see wht was up and realized that the close button doesnt work but the vent button and the sunroof forward button do. they only turn the gears a few rotations before stopping. obviously because my roof is in the most extended positon (open) the motor only clicks and doesnt do anything when i press buttons; so i removed the motor to find that it can only rotate in one direction.

what do i do??? i think its the **** programed circuit (the one with the NEC chip on it) thats got the problem. Any way to reset it; or to let the circuit know that the sunroof is already in the vent position and it needs to stop trying to make it vent more?

p.s i broke the mechanism that lets me manually crank the sunroof lol. so thats not an option.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! any help is appreciated, or even a service manual that tells me how the hell i re-build the sunroof.

p.p.s my possible diagnostics:

something stuck in tracks

the computer that tells the sunroof what to do is wonky

the close button is broken

motor for some reason only turns one way

pleaase help with solutions, or a service manual to show me what to do :(

Edited December 14, 2012 by Saibot

[2001Porsche911]

Did you ever figure this out, my sunroof is in the same type of situation but i haven't disassembled anything yet ?

Hi, i apologise for being a lurker and not really ever posting since i joined; but i have a serious issue right now :^(

ive been DIYing most stuff for my car

- pioneer nav

- footwell lighting

- seatbelt replacement

- o2 sensor replacement

etc etc.

but this has me absolutely stumped.

a few weeks ago the interior trim / lining of the sun roof came off while the sun roof was open. it basically got stuck above the headliner in the car; so after i closed the sunroof, i wasnt able to ever open it fully again. i tried to tackle this problem today and one problem led to another and this whole sunroof thing has me so frustrated.

Basically where it stands now is; ive removed the entire ceiling of the car - center consol, headliner, sunroof, sunroof interior trim, motor, rails.. EVERYTHING,

the reason for this was because after i unscrewed the sunroof pannel and removed it, the sunroof rails were not doing anything when i pressed buttons. i though there was something stuck in the tracks at first, but couldnt find anything. then i took out the motor to see wht was up and realized that the close button doesnt work but the vent button and the sunroof forward button do. they only turn the gears a few rotations before stopping. obviously because my roof is in the most extended positon (open) the motor only clicks and doesnt do anything when i press buttons; so i removed the motor to find that it can only rotate in one direction.

what do i do??? i think its the **** programed circuit (the one with the NEC chip on it) thats got the problem. Any way to reset it; or to let the circuit know that the sunroof is already in the vent position and it needs to stop trying to make it vent more?

p.s i broke the mechanism that lets me manually crank the sunroof lol. so thats not an option.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! any help is appreciated, or even a service manual that tells me how the hell i re-build the sunroof.

p.p.s my possible diagnostics:

something stuck in tracks

the computer that tells the sunroof what to do is wonky

the close button is broken

motor for some reason only turns one way

pleaase help with solutions, or a service manual to show me what to do :(