Sunroof Motor - repairable ?

[John-M 0]

After a short period of only working intermittently, my sunroof motor seems to have given up the ghost.

 

The s/roof itself works fine, using the allen key it will tilt/slide/close ok but not ‘electrically'.

 

When it’s in a ‘partially open' position the motor ‘clicks’ when any of the three buttons are pressed, so clearly juice is getting to the motor, but nothing happens.

 

Any ideas, anyone ?

 

Can the motor be refurbished/repaired/serviced ??

 

Any/all advice welcomed.

[John-M 0]

Bump.

 

Anyone done a repair/refurb on the motor ??

[carpy25 0]

motors come up on ebay often and very common used on audi and passats around the same years ,if the motor/brushes need repairing most auto ele could do this if its the gearbox you would need a donor box from another motor so it would be easier to just replace complete

 

one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CORRADO-GOLF-MK3- ... dZViewItem

 

 

Rob

[John-M 0]

Thanks, Rob :)

[andy 0]

They normally go for a tenner or so, very easy to come by. To be honest the motors are very tough. Just because you can wind it by hand doesn't mean the motor is faulty. It most likely means your mechanism is worn and beyond the scope of the motor torque. I hope it is just the motor but be prepared for worse!

[TimVR6 0]

I had exactly the same problem with mine when I got it - worked intermittently. I think what's happening is that the mechanism has stiffened up/worn out with age and is putting too much stress on the motor, causing it to overheat. Anyway, i've now fitted a new motor and it works fine, but I'm not using the slide function till i've had chance to rebuild the mechanism as I think it'll just burn out the new motor too. Removing the mechanism is a rather time consuming job though as far as I know...there's loads of info on here if you do a search.