YET ANOTHER PANA ROOF QUESTION

[ALOVERR69]

Hi folks I have yet another question about my pana roof and yes it’s broken it does the famous thing that we all suffered at one time. The back glass doesn’t want to close on the tilt position but here is my question if the piece doesn’t function can the window still slide open…And yes I haven’t tried I am afraid something worst would happen but wondering if somebody with the same problem has tried to open there’s.

[x5pdx]

The front roof will not slide open if that's what you're asking. The front will only tilt up and back down. I believe there is a kit for it. I was fortuate my dealership covered it 10 months after my warranty period b/c i had only 48500 miles, otherwise it would have cost me several $k. Good luck.

[ALOVERR69]

Thats the answer i was looking for..Thanks

[binhly101]

Have you tried pushing up on the sunroof button and keep holding it until it resets itself? My roof does this occasionally and so I just reset it each time...I think the cycle is something like it opens all the way then closes then goes up then closes then the cover closes...

[jst2878]

i reset my friends switch by unplugging it and the negative battery and it miraculously worked. give it a try, it cant hurt

[AlfaMale]

I had this happen to me, and unfortunately for me I didn't have any warranty on the vehicle either.

I have had my repaired by an independent garage for a fraction of the cost a main dealer would charge.

Basically the failure is down to a weakness in the linkage between the front and rear glass panes. The rear pane is not powered instead it is moved by a linkage to the front glass panel. When I had mine repaired I had both the front and rear linkages replaced just to be safe. The rear linkage kit cost me £60 and the front kit £140 plus fitting which took about 6 hours in total to do.

[X5 Meister]

6 hours! Holy cow.

[AlfaMale]

Write up including part numbers here...

BMW X5 • View topic - Panoramic Sunroof Failure Repaired Successfully !