If the rear part of the roof slides back, then the system is different from the one in the E61.
Here the rear part only tilts up, it does not move backwards.

 

Open the internal cover (roofliner) completely.
Look for the small hole in the wedge shaped driver at the rear ends of the slider mechanisms. This wedge forces the rear glass to tilt.
Try partially inserting the tip of a long screw driver into the hole and tapping towards the rear. The wedge should slide towards the rear and the glass lowers. This needs to be repeated alternating left and right sides until the glass is down.

 

As i get many questions how to close the rear roof first, i have updated my file with the closing procedure.
See attachment version 2.

Regards
TFH

 

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I still have the same issue (stuck rear roof when in tilt position) ...

Just to be completely clear before I do this procedure (and I think this is the same question as BMW X5 previously) ..



Does the rear roof still slide open after this modification / repair ? (Quite happy to dissable the tilt on the rear, but I do like to get the full sliding mega-opening of the roof)...

Thanks,

Ian

 

I've never seen my rear roof piece sliding anywhere

Have you?

 

Whoops,

I think you are completely right !

Sorry about that ... (Was thinking about the underlining I guess) ..

Cheers,

Ian

 

Hmmm... I'm not entirely sure, and cannot test it since my sunroof is now stuck, but I thought that the sunroof has 2 settings. When you open (not tilt) the sunroof, it slides back. When you hit the button again, it slides back even more. Don't know if the back panel slides back as well, but pretty sure about the 2 settings.

Anyway, thanks for the instruction, currently looking at it and hoping this will be the end of my sunroof problems (same issue, back panel stuck in tilt position, had the dealer close it for me) and even more importantly: this solution is free!

 

The 2 settings only move the front panel, the back panel only tilts.

 

YES! Did the modification, peace of cake, took me about 30 minutes total, works like a charm! Only thing missing is the tilt of the rear panel, but I don't think that's worth over 2000 $/?. Sunroof now opens, tilts (apart from the rear panel), vents, basically does everything you'd want it to do. I can recommend it to anyone having problems with the sunroof.

So TFH, thanks a lot for this very useful mod! I'm a happy man and saved me quite some cash! Anyone have a nice Omega watch for sale?