Automatic sunroof

Lez Pawl

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Mar 23, 2007, 1:53:56 AM3/23/07

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Oh dear my beloved 97 A4 Sedan has developed the automatic opening
sunroof.........twice this week. Very strange to be motoring along and then
vvvrrrrrrr followed by a rush of cold air.

I have read reports about this and thought 'na, that will never happen the
mine'

Is it a switch problem or one of those 'unknown' intermittent faults that we
must live with save tearing the whole car apart.

regs
dj

Carsten Hjorth

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Mar 23, 2007, 5:41:32 AM3/23/07

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"Lez Pawl" <L...@Pawlbtinternet.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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Clean contacts and bend them closer together, worked for me for 2 years now.

/Carsten

Lez Pawl

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Mar 23, 2007, 10:21:51 AM3/23/07

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"Carsten Hjorth" <carstenfj...@yahoo.dk> wrote in message
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thanks and can you please advise access to the contacts.

Ed Pirrero

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Mar 23, 2007, 1:37:06 PM3/23/07

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On Mar 23, 7:21 am, "Lez Pawl" <L...@Pawlbtinternet.com> wrote:
> "Carsten Hjorth" <carstenfjernhjo...@yahoo.dk> wrote in message

First, remove the bumper....

E.P.

TonyJ

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Mar 23, 2007, 3:24:57 PM3/23/07

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Funny guy :-)

Here is a DIY thread on the sun roof fix from AudiWorld:
http://forums.audiworld.com/a4gen2/msgs/981283.phtml

Lez Pawl

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Mar 23, 2007, 4:01:10 PM3/23/07

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thanks Tony

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Lez Pawl

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Mar 23, 2007, 4:01:25 PM3/23/07

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Fuck off prat

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Ed Pirrero

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Mar 23, 2007, 6:01:54 PM3/23/07

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On Mar 23, 1:01 pm, "Lez Pawl" <L...@Pawlbtinternet.com> wrote:
> Fuck off prat

http://www.rotsmud.org/usr/upload/misc_files/421/ethug.jpg

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=e-thug

Big words from a top-posting e-thug.

E.P.

Ed Pirrero

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Mar 23, 2007, 6:02:55 PM3/23/07

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Anyone who's done any engine work on B5 2.8 or 2.7TT is laughing. In
a crying sort of way. :)

E.P.

Lez Pawl

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Mar 24, 2007, 1:06:02 AM3/24/07

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"TonyJ" <tonyj...@nospamvisi.com> wrote in message
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Tony

I have to ask, how and why would rain or (snow, my case) affect this spring
contact which appears well protected and after all inside the vehicle.

TonyJ

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Mar 24, 2007, 1:39:49 AM3/24/07

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It might be caused by warming ambient temperatures and increasing humidity
causing changes in the contacts that may also have corroded a bit over the
winter when they were not used much.

Or it might just be the time that it came due.

Should be a fairly easy fix. Try spraying the contacts with an electrical
cleaner / protectant like CRC or DeOxit.

Ed Pirrero

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Mar 24, 2007, 1:24:31 PM3/24/07

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On Mar 23, 10:39 pm, TonyJ <tonyjnos...@nospamvisi.com> wrote:
> Lez Pawl wrote:
> > "TonyJ" <tonyjnos...@nospamvisi.com> wrote in message

This is a known and common problem with these switches. After soem
amount of time, they begin the "ghost operation", and a little contact
bending and Stabilant 22 usually fixes them right up. The switch
itself is fairly robust, but the cover panel tabs are easily broken.
You can epoxy them back on, but best to be careful to start with.

E.P.