tailgate and sunroof problems

[cococola]

I have found this morning that my sunroof will not operate open or closed,I can hear the switches in the rear clicking but the latches are currently not moving.
Weather this is also connected with the fault,I find that the tailgate latches dont always shut so that the tailgate locks on the latches.

I have checked fuses and the only other thing that I did differently of late was to connect a live amp lead to one of the live terminal nuts that goes into the fuse box(if this is relevant)
many thanks
Alan

 

[DivineE]

Well I didn't think the two things could possibly be related but my car had these two exact symptoms and the garage has just literally 5 mins ago phoned to tell me they are now both working.. so When I pick it up tomorrow I'll ask what it was and if solving one problem fixed them both?

If so I'd guess at a weak common earthing point somewhere.

Regards,

Ben

 

[Indi9xx]

With the sun roof, trying pushing the sun roof up between the sun visors, but could be a bad micro switch at the rear, stripped cogs, or all kinds of issues.

With the latches on the tailgate they may well need removing, cleaning, re greasing and refitting.

 

[stevie d]

My sunroof roof stopped working the other day with similar symptoms - clicking noise but no movement . Printed out 16 page trouble shooting guide from Clarks web site and resigned myself to a long evening of testing numerous switches , motors and wires . Turned out to be a 5 minute fix. The mettle plate situated at the front of sunroof between the two catches simply needed its angle adjusting to apply sufficient pressure on the micro switch underneath . The previous day it had been working fine until i removed the roof and then repositioned the plate because it was siting on top of the two adjustable screws rather than under them . I hadn't realised at the time that it would cause the roof to malfunction and had just assumed someone had made a half arsed job of putting the roof back together again at some point in the past . Pleased it was a simple fix but also felt a bit of a numpty all the same . Hopefully yours will be similarly straight forward to sort .

 

[Indi9xx]

Thats actually exactly what I was thinking when I told him to push up between the sun visors, really common for that switch to either stick or to go out of adjustment.. its the first thing we always check. )

 

[944Turbo]

ORIGINAL: DivineE

Well I didn't think the two things could possibly be related but my car had these two exact symptoms and the garage has just literally 5 mins ago phoned to tell me they are now both working.. so When I pick it up tomorrow I'll ask what it was and if solving one problem fixed them both?

If so I'd guess at a weak common earthing point somewhere.

Regards,

Ben

Alarm related?

 

[cococola]

checking last night and there is clicking from the rear by the sunroof motor so i guess that the switch is operating correctly.
Is there anything that is worth checking for elimination?
The tailgate latches close after about every 3 operations on the tailgate switch and I wonder if disconnection the live has thrown both the roof and tailgate out of sync...or am I missleading myself?
thank you
Alan

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: 944Turbo

ORIGINAL: DivineE

Well I didn't think the two things could possibly be related but my car had these two exact symptoms and the garage has just literally 5 mins ago phoned to tell me they are now both working.. so When I pick it up tomorrow I'll ask what it was and if solving one problem fixed them both?

If so I'd guess at a weak common earthing point somewhere.

Regards,

Ben

Alarm related?

My boot was a tiny fracture in a fuse. When you took it out it looked fine but when replaced it worked again. My roof was apparently a wiring fault at the front of the car somewhere (some contacts that needed cleaning apparently) possibly alarm? I didn't get any further information but apparently the two were unrelated and only took 30mins labour, no parts to repair Which was nice.

 

[cococola]

I have ran a live to the sunroof motor and the roof arms moved and locked the roof down.
These all work:
sunroof motor
front micro switch
sunroof rocker switch
fusebox relay and both rear relays
there doesnt seem to be a live feed going to the motor when I use a test light on the wires whilst operating the switch,could this be a wire break maybe?

 

[peanut]

have you cleaned the earthing point ? its a bit odd that both packed upn together unless they share a live feed and earth . I would hazard a guess the earth is behind the rear carpet just below the hatch motor but worth cleaning all the earths in the boot .

 

[Mike_Pollock]

They do share a fuse I thimk.

 

[cococola]

swopped the rear micro switches today along with the console rocker switch as I have a doner 944 that Iam breaking.
I still have no live at the motor even though the rear relays click.
hasanybody heard of this before or any other ideas please?
mant thanks
Alan