Proper sunroof operation
 

Describe how your sunroof opens/closes. I'd like to know what the proper operation is.

Mine opens exactly half way, stops then I have to press the button again to open it the rest of the way.

It closes without stopping.

Mine tilts-stops_requiring release/reapplication of control button to open all the way.
To close, push button-stops halfway_requires release/reapplication of control button.

Glenn

Re: Proper sunroof operation
 

I think mine's right the opposite. Always thought the automatic stop before closing was a safety measure. My old Legacy's sunroof did this.


dcb

Re: Proper sunroof operation
 

Ditto...
I always wondered if this was the "correct" way??

Re: Re: Proper sunroof operation
 

This is exactly how my Sunroof works as well
And if you look at the points of where it stops.. It makes sence.

Now on MINE what i cant figure out, is once its all the way open...
it doesnt auto shutoff, it just keeps the motor going...

My old 90 Legacy LS didnt do this. :confused:

I checked the owner's manual; the above is indeed the proper operation.


dcb

So then the questions remain...why is mine different and how do I fix it?

VERY wild guess
 

It sounds like some wires are literally crossed, as your cycle seems reversed. Maybe the overhead switch console was replaced somewhere along the way, and whoever did the work got the switch connections backward or something...?


dcb

Is it because it is a Canadian model? Do you have a seat heaters in yours? Maybe it works different. What does your book say about the proper operation?

Re: VERY wild guess
 

That I would not doubt since it seems the previous owner must have had this entire car completely dismantled at one point. The sunroof gasket is on backwards (the gap is in the front and not the back as I have observed on everyone else's SVX's).

I seriously doubt it's a CDN thing. No seat heaters...stop drooling. :D

I think my car sat for a long time outside before I got it.
Would explain 51 k with a paint job that looked its age .
But as to the sun roof I thought it didn't work when I got it, as It sounded like the motor started & stoped for a 1/2 sec. Found out later that day that if I gently punched the middle back it would tilt & then open. I dont really care for the stoping 1/2 way closed. Any way I lubed the tracks 3 times & I still have to tap it about 10 % of the time.

Mine started that not to long ago... just every once in awhile...
usaly on a realy hot Florida Day after everything has a chance
to expand. But other then having to tap the back of it... it does
work fine. and its about 15% of the time for me

The roof should stop at the vent position when first opened, then retract all the way next time the button is held. When closing it stops about a third of the way from the back, then requires another push of the button. I was told that the partial open position was created as the parking spot used when driving to reduce wind buffeting. I've tried it and it seems to work.

As far as the roof sticking. It's dirt. I had the same problem and lube only worked for a short while. There is a TSB from Subaru on this one.

Heated seats?