Help! Rear sunroof stuck in tilt position!

[Mozzie]

Hi All,

Have the same problem with my E53 X5. The dealer did not want to know about it and said they never see it (BS in my opinion). I even brought half a ream of paper from this forum and others on how common the problem is. Anyway, brought back to my normal service guy who was with BMW for 15 years and started his own specialist BMW service centre. He said they have fixed quite a few of the X5 sunroofs. He has quoted around $900 AUD (about $3.50 USD ) to fix it. So my advice would be to look around before shelling out the $4000 USD quoted earlier in this thread.

PS... Love this forum. My wife already says when I get on the computer "let me guess, you are on X-outpost again"... Any cure for the addiction?

[jcm3]

I just got the car back and there were two other x5's w/ sunroof issues at the time. The total was 4850 to repair (thank god for warranty) and took 2 days. The guys did a half a$$ job putting back all the panels correctly so i fixed those myself.

[x5pdx]

Good News! My Service Advisor calls me up yesterday afternoon and tells me my sunroof is fixed and that "BMW is not willing to let you pay for any repairs on your X5 yet. Maybe next time." Doesn't even charge me for the diagnostic. He said they would honor the warranty. In service date was July 2, 2004. Current mileage 48179.

Invoice says:
One-time goodwill repair by Kuni BMW.
Broken drive clips for front and rear glass.
Remove cassette, inspected and replaced front and rear drive kits.
Reinstalled sunroof cassette and water tested.
Found excessive water ingress. Replaced perimeter seal.
Rechecked operation of sunroof and for water ingress.

Total charge 0 =

Actually it cost me a gift certificate from Cheesecake Factory for the SA for all his help .

[julezw]

Originally Posted by Mozzie

Hi All,

Have the same problem with my E53 X5. The dealer did not want to know about it and said they never see it (BS in my opinion). I even brought half a ream of paper from this forum and others on how common the problem is. Anyway, brought back to my normal service guy who was with BMW for 15 years and started his own specialist BMW service centre. He said they have fixed quite a few of the X5 sunroofs. He has quoted around $900 AUD (about $3.50 USD ) to fix it. So my advice would be to look around before shelling out the $4000 USD quoted earlier in this thread.

PS... Love this forum. My wife already says when I get on the computer "let me guess, you are on X-outpost again"... Any cure for the addiction?

Hi Mozzie,

Where in the land of OZ are you...not Melbourne by any chance?