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My Sunroof Leaks !!!

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Re: My Sunroof Leaks !!! (audiness)

I think I might know what is happening with your sunroof. On my VW it happened and audi uses the same concept. The sunroof seal is not a watertight one so some water will seep in and is supposed to drain out the drain channels. Okay the rear section of the sunroof where it tilts up there is a drain channel that runs from the front the passenger across to the driver. This rear channel easily snaps away from the 2 side drain channels that go into the A-pillars. When this happens it slides back into the rear section of the roof or maybe just a 1/4" and that's all it takes to not be directly under the seal of the sunroofs rear when it closes. So when water seeps through the NOT WATER TIGHT sunroof seal, it no longer has the channel there to direct the water to the drain tubes, so water drips into the car. Happened on my VR6 Jetta and it was a pain in the A*s. And after seeing that my drain tubes were okay I noticed that the rear horizontal plastic channel was 1/4" away from where it needed to be. Check it out maybe that's your culprit. And unfortunately you need to purchase the entire frame, well at least VW makes you!!!
Good luck hope this helps out.
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