sunroof fault

william143 · #1 10-03-2008, 07:40 AM

hi,i am a newbie , with a sunroof problem .i have a dec 04 3.0d x5 with a panoramic sunroof ie twin roof. the other day the back section would not close,the front section was going up & down like a yoyo.my mate managed to get both front & back closed but said that i could not use the sunroof . as there was a problem with the cable cassette.he phoned his mate who works for a bmw garage.they have had a few cars in recently with the same problem they open the sunroof in the good weather after being closed for the past 6 months & the cable in the cassette goes .i find this hard to believe in a luxury car like the x5. anyone else have this problem.

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beemarman · #2 10-03-2008, 08:27 AM

Am afraid to say that most likely you would need a new sunroof, Me and my friend had the same problem in our X5's and both needed a new sunroof. His car was on warranty so he got his done for free, my car was 1yr out of warranty but i was able to get a discount of £800 for the part (normally £1800) but had to pay £650 labour.

Is your car out of warranty? if so i would call BMW and see if you can get a goodwill gesture to reduce the price a bit.

william143 · #3 10-03-2008, 08:58 AM

yes ,my car car is out of warranty.thanks for the info. ps i have had ford cars , & the sunroof has never been an issue.cheers mate.

beemarman · #4 10-03-2008, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by william143

yes ,my car car is out of warranty.thanks for the info. ps i have had ford cars , & the sunroof has never been an issue.cheers mare.

I know what you're saying. it such a common fault on the X5, i believe that's why BMW are willing to give discounts on replacement.

Good luck with it all.

william143 · #5 10-03-2008, 10:39 AM

i wonder if any of our american cousins have encountered this sunroof fault,& how they dealt with it .cheers.

mrkbbd · #6 10-03-2008, 11:03 AM

if you don't want to fix it right away you can manually close it

william143 · #7 10-03-2008, 02:04 PM

yes you can manually shut the front section with the allan key which is supplied with the car,but you cant do it for the rear section. we even took the rear headlining off to see if we could close it that way.we ended up taking a bolt off from each side of the rear sunroof section to get it closed

william143 · #8 10-27-2008, 02:55 PM

hi,you out there beemarman,i took your advice & phoned bmw uk .they want me to take my car to bmw dealership for it to be inspected by them.they will then want a minimum of 1 hours labour cost from me over £100 just to tell me what i allready know.ie i need a new sunroof, did you have to go through this & how much did it cost you.cheers mate.ps i would be glad of any more info on this subject.

JBF · #9 05-15-2009, 06:58 AM

What happened in the end? I've seen a lot of other people on here get BMW to pay 100% parts and 50% labour even though the cars are out of warranty.

william143 · #10 05-15-2009, 07:06 AM

hi,in the end i had to pay £1900 & that was me getting a 30% goodwill discount on the parts from bmw uk.

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