slowazzporsche

It seems to do it intermitently. I will start the car to let it warm up as it's already below zero here by a good 10 degrees. I'll drive and upon accleration the sunroof will open and will continue to try to open! This is a problem b/c it doesn't stop unless I'm at a dead stop and the sound! Unfortunately it's on the same circuit as the heater and I need the heater! The switch is in the neutral position, it still "clicks" and it will even do it with the switch removed! Even before I start moving and it still does this, I've tried another switch too and still no dice. I removed the switch and it still happens! Is there a seperate relay for the sunroof? Is there a way to unplug the motor as I won't be needing it for the next 7 months or so.

And as an aside it seems my heater only works on either off or high position and not any other positions, what would cause this?

RMills944

It sounds like the arms in the back aren't even grabbing the sunroof to hold it down. Look to see if the arms are engauged.

Mike the Rookie

My 87 had this problem when I bought it. It would just open all by itself when I started to drive the car. The dealer told me the microswithes were out of adjustment and a sunroof gear was stripped. Since I didn't feel like paying them $350 to repair it they just pulled the sunroof relay. I'm not sure if any of this applies to your 84. If you do pull the relay make sure you don't lose it cause they cost a small fortune!

slowazzporsche

no no, the sunroof wants to open up, and continue to open even though it's already fully open.

iloveporsches

Pull the relay. Or convert to manual and forget all of those headaches with the power ones.

slowazzporsche

I looked on Bill's 944 page and it doesn't even list a relay for the sunroof, and it runs on the same circuit as my heaters it seems, I'm at a loss as to what to do

RMills944

The arms just aren't gripping onto the back of the sunroof where they should. They may need adjusted to move up more/less. I don't know too much about that part since I converted to the manual latches now...

slowazzporsche

I understand now, so they're out of adjustment. I imagine the adjustments are somewhere under that leather on the roof up top? Does anyone know what relay it is?

slowazzporsche

correct me if i'm wrong but it's not actually up front but in the back in the trunk area? I hear a clicking in the back quite often when this happens, forgot to mention that.. it only clicks when I have the power to the circuit off

RMills944

It's on the driver's side behind the carpet. The motor is there and the adjustments are bolts/screws on that I believe - do a search and make sure you're looking at the early sunroof adjustment.

Charlotte944

Go here: http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...44_sunroof.htm

hacker-pschorr

Duct Tape - comes in your favorite Porsche color.

nickhance

Your switches are out of alignment. It thinks you just put the sunroof back into the car and its trying to close it. If thats true and you have power locks, then sit inside the car and have someone lock the doors from the outside, you should hear the sunroof motor start and try to "latch" the sunroof.

Cyrus951

I had the same problem, but I fixed it by disconnecting 1 wire.
Go to the sunroof motor in the hatch, look for a green/white wire, cut it.
The sunroof will still be operational, and it won't go up by itself anymore whenever you're driving/moving the car.

Good luck.

slowazzporsche

I removed one of the relays for now til I do what you suggested, thanks for all the help