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[cam2502]

the strangest thing happened tonight,driving my omega quite happily,when all of a sudden the sunroof opened all on its own!! it tilted up about an inch. the knob hadnt moved and was still in the closed position. i turned the knob to another setting and it went further as it normally would, and closed again when i returned it to the closed position. what the...... so,anyone any ideas.....or is my car haunted???  :-/

[Darth Loo-knee]

Push the button up and hold it there for around 5 seconds, perhaps just needs resetting  

[hotel21]

Get the resident ghost to reset the switch.  Tell them to press and hold the switch in at the closed position, repeat at the tilt, then again at fully open.  

[Entwood]

Not an unknown problem, sometimes caused by a dirty "track" in the control switch, and IMHO I think damp plays a part as well.

There used to be a detailed thread about removing the switch and cleaning it all out ... On my old miggy (it's never happened in this one) I found that a few exercises of the switch acroos the whole range seemed to sort it for a few months ..

HTH

[Lazydocker]

Mine does this randomly Keep meaning to take it apart and get some switch cleaner on the contact disk

[cam2502]

thanks for the speedy reply folks,i will try holding it in the morning and let you know. thanks

[Vamps]

thanks for the speedy reply folks,i will try holding it in the morning and let you know. thanks

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[Welung666]

the strangest thing happened tonight,driving my omega quite happily,when all of a sudden the sunroof opened all on its own!! it tilted up about an inch. the knob hadnt moved and was still in the closed position. i turned the knob to another setting and it went further as it normally would, and closed again when i returned it to the closed position. what the...... so,anyone any ideas.....or is my car haunted???  :-/

Call a rather' priest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nick v6]

mine sometimes plays up
if i fully open the sun roof then close it
just as it gets close to the close position it opens it self
normaly takes 2 or 3 attemps

[Andy B]

mine sometimes plays up
if i fully open the sun roof then close it
just as it gets close to the close position it opens it self
normaly takes 2 or 3 attemps

Anti trap operating. It's like the windows in that it can tell if there's a restriction when it's closing and should open again. Try lub'ing the drive mechanism.

[nick v6]

mine sometimes plays up
if i fully open the sun roof then close it
just as it gets close to the close position it opens it self
normaly takes 2 or 3 attemps

Anti trap operating. It's like the windows in that it can tell if there's a restriction when it's closing and should open again. Try lub'ing the drive mechanism.

that will be another job to do
ill get onto that today while its going to be dry
rain tomorrow

[cam2502]

an update on my haunted mig......tried the push up thing,but i dont know if its cured it because havin driven for around 2hrs today the sunroof stayed closed as it should. so i guess its a waiting game to see if it happens again. in the meantime i'll get the lube out. ( for the car!) thanks again for your help guys.

[jerry]

maybe mine is haunted as well!!Had similar problem not so long ago when it just opened on its own a couple of times and then refused to sit back down properly. Touch wood, seem to have been able to have reset it tho and hasnt played up since.
                                                                  jerry

[cam2502]

my main worry is it going up on its own and not closing,'cause living in scotland,we do get a day or two of rain every year!

[Andy B]

......'cause living in scotland,we do get a day or two of rain every year!

It used be horizontal in Rosyth where I was an apprentice, so wouldn't have gone into the sunroof!