Hi Scotty, Love your videos. We own a 2007 Lexus RX350 w/ 115k miles, made in Japan. The moonroof got stuck in the open position. We could hear the motor running, but the moonroof wouldn’t close. The dealership says we need to replace 1) the sliding roof housing assembly, 2) the sliding roof cable assembly, and 3) the sliding roof motor assembly. The dealership quoted $2,300 just for the labor and didn’t even bother to quote the cost of the parts because the cost of the labor was so high. The dealership closed the moonroof and duct taped it, but said it can’t guarantee that the moonroof will stay closed. If it would stay closed, we would keep our Lexus, but we don’t want it to come open at an inopportune time. Is there anything we can do to guarantee it will stay closed or do you think it is worth repairing even though the cost will be quite high? Otherwise, we are considering buying a new SUV. Thanks, Cindy
Get a quote from an independent mechanic that knows what's he's doing.
Thanks, we have an independent mechanic but he couldn't do this work. Just spoke with him and he offered to silicone it shut for free.
My sunroof in my GX470 was not broken, but I got sick of it getting clogged and flooding my car at the worst possible time. It did it the night before I was moving from georgia to New york. I spent 2 hours drying it and unclogging the drain until 11pm.
I took a trip to lowes, bought silicone, and sealed the annoying thing up.
Not sure if yours is actually lose or something, but I would just seal it up and not have to worry about it anymore. Yours may require bracing it in some fashion first.
Ours was weird. Never had a single problem with it, then one day it wouldn't close. And me pressing a lot of buttons in response probably made it worse. Although, it should have sufficient error handling to not enable a driver to make matters worse by pressing buttons, but I still feel to blame for it and annoyed with myself.
What a nightmare situation during a move. Yep, our mechanic offered to silicone it shut for us. I hope that will be sufficient to hold it in place as the dealer says without the cabling in working order it might not hold shut. Not sure how we would brace it. Feels like the dealer wants to sell us a new SUV.