Cambo_oldjaguar
30th July 2015, 09:06 AM
The sunroof in our 2008MY, late 2007-build FL2 has packed it in.
Was jammed in the closed position, tried to open it & it's stripped the gear in the motor. I guess one of the guides was broken which jammed it.
It's not closing properly, and you can hear a very loud clicking from the motor, like a stripped gear.
There was a recall on the sunroof for these models in the US.
There was also a world-wide service action on the sunroof, LTB00117v2, from 11th March 2008
Lots of complaints / threads on various internet forums about the sunroof in these models.
Since the roof was not closing properly (bad wind noise while driving) something had to be done. So I called up the local LR dealer to find out what this is gonna cost me.
Reply from the bloke over the phone (paraphrased).
- We never had any problems with the sunroof in the FL2
- There is no way to manually close the roof
- Bring it in and we will look at it
- I can't tell you how much it will cost to fix without seeing it
Nice... typical BS response
Well you can in fact manually open/close the roof. If you pop out the roof light in the back seat, you see the motor for the sunroof. There is an M4 hex / allen key drive on the motor. Turning this turns the motor, which moves the sunroof.
I've managed to get it "closed" that the wind noise is at a minimum, but watching the glass move as i turned it manually, it's definitely not moving evenly on both sides, so one of the guides is stuffed.
After reading up on the remove/replace process, it seems to be a time-consuming job, the roof lining has to come out and it's no fun getting the glass out if you want to re-use it.
Parts wise;
Motor, LR019777, UK price ?248 ($530)
Inserts, LR012676, UK price ?86 ($182) pair
Guides, LR009176, UK price ?14 ($30) pair
With the usual LR Aus pricing, plus around 2 days labour, I reckon it would be at least $3500 for the dealer to fix it.
Guess I just want to rant more than anything...
As much as I prefer to have stuff on my cars working correctly, in this case I think i'll just be pulling the fuse to the motor and pretending it's not there...
Was jammed in the closed position, tried to open it & it's stripped the gear in the motor. I guess one of the guides was broken which jammed it.
It's not closing properly, and you can hear a very loud clicking from the motor, like a stripped gear.
There was a recall on the sunroof for these models in the US.
There was also a world-wide service action on the sunroof, LTB00117v2, from 11th March 2008
Lots of complaints / threads on various internet forums about the sunroof in these models.
Since the roof was not closing properly (bad wind noise while driving) something had to be done. So I called up the local LR dealer to find out what this is gonna cost me.
Reply from the bloke over the phone (paraphrased).
- We never had any problems with the sunroof in the FL2
- There is no way to manually close the roof
- Bring it in and we will look at it
- I can't tell you how much it will cost to fix without seeing it
Nice... typical BS response
Well you can in fact manually open/close the roof. If you pop out the roof light in the back seat, you see the motor for the sunroof. There is an M4 hex / allen key drive on the motor. Turning this turns the motor, which moves the sunroof.
I've managed to get it "closed" that the wind noise is at a minimum, but watching the glass move as i turned it manually, it's definitely not moving evenly on both sides, so one of the guides is stuffed.
After reading up on the remove/replace process, it seems to be a time-consuming job, the roof lining has to come out and it's no fun getting the glass out if you want to re-use it.
Parts wise;
Motor, LR019777, UK price ?248 ($530)
Inserts, LR012676, UK price ?86 ($182) pair
Guides, LR009176, UK price ?14 ($30) pair
With the usual LR Aus pricing, plus around 2 days labour, I reckon it would be at least $3500 for the dealer to fix it.
Guess I just want to rant more than anything...
As much as I prefer to have stuff on my cars working correctly, in this case I think i'll just be pulling the fuse to the motor and pretending it's not there...