Electric Sunroof Woes '97 C-Class

[c240Cclass]

Three problems fellas, would appreciate your advice!


1. This car has been in the family 8 years but the sunroof no longer works.

If you tilt the switch to tilt the sunroof, it SLIDES back, but then it will stop 4 times on the way to fully open.

Again to close it, you must use the 'tilt' part of the switch and again it takes 4 seperate on/off's to get it shut.

Does it need a new motor or switch?


2. Also the dash board lights behind the fan control & swich directly above it do not work - is there an easy fix?

3. Anywhere specifically you guys would reccomend for good quality aftermarket replacment mats?

Thanks alot, I would really appreciate any help.

Robin

 

[NW_Merc]

1. You might want to check the motor as it seems its on its way out.... mine did this and then stopped suddenly and had to be replaced - the stealer charged me 900 quid including parts
2. You could dismantle the dash and replace the little leds, I think a guy called Frenchy has done this on his W202, failing this you could get a new unit which would be expensive....
3. German Swedish and French - GSF do OEM car mats for much less than the stealer....

 

[gurpz]

Regarding question 2 its just a matter about changing the small bulbs, there cheap enough at the dealers. The hard bit I guess would be actully taking the centre console out and swapping the bulbs over. They are fairly small so can be fiddly. Welcome to the forum by the way.

 

[c240Cclass]

Thanks NW Merc, I looked at Frencys post but he's done the speedo area, but thanks anyway.

I might try and get a scrap motor for the sunroof then.

Regarding the mats, are they really as good as OEM quality? They are a present so I want them to be nice.

Thanks again!

 

[recycled]

try shutting it with the central locking and see what happens. if it works, then the motor is good. might just need resetting

 

[gurpz]

If it is the motor that has gone, replacing it is not very difficult and can be done yourself even. This video shows how:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgKSdmbAMio

 

[c240Cclass]

Cheers fellas, will check back on this post another time, you've been a great help.

 

[NW_Merc]

Regarding the mats, are they really as good as OEM quality? They are a present so I want them to be nice.

Thanks again!

Yes they are, I have a set in my car, they are virtually the same as those from MB except they dont have the nice shiny badge.

 

[c240Cclass]

Yes they are, I have a set in my car, they are virtually the same as those from MB except they dont have the nice shiny badge.

Nice one, I'll order a set then, thanks

 

[recycled]

very good video

 

[gurpz]

There plenty more too that I found a short while back:

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=43857

I think these videos should be added in to the How-To section or be made a sticky they could be usefull to alot of members.