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Originally Posted by g300d
And if you do get it open, do a search for the pano roof fix posted here and elsewhere online.
In a nutshell, this guy from Australia who fixes sunroofs for a living shows you what parts to hack off of your sunroof rails and mechanism to make it reliable. It basically disables the tilt function which is what usually breaks and jams up the roof.
No need to pull the sunroof, it can be done in place. Has to be able to open though to expose the parts.
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Yep, the tilt feature is the main cause of sunroof failures, such that the new X5 does not have that feature.
I recall the much of money I spent fixing and re-fixing my '97 528 sunroof years ago. I was lucky that eventually I found someone selling off parts of his E39. I tested his sunroof (which had never been broken before) and just bought the entire sunroof (the cassette, glass, motors and all) for $150. It's been perfect to-date. I regularly lubricate its mechanisms.