Originally Posted by Rawkerstatus

i think ur supposed to use lithium grease or something of that sort

Originally Posted by shadowhawk

Hey there,

So I have one of the very earliest 2006 tCs (got it in the first few weeks of the 2006 model year, so like July 9, 2006).

I started seeing an intermittent problem with my moonroof earlier in the summer, and it's pretty intermittent. I just want to see if anyone else has seen it in their tCs and whether you've been able to fix it.

So here's the problem. I have my moonroof open (fully or in that 3/4 open position, I don't think it matters), and I go to close it. It goes fine to the point where it automatically stops itself. From there, when I hit the button and hold it to close the moonroof, it might go about half an inch or a bit more, then it retreats back to...I think the mostly-closed auto-stop point.

If I try it a few times, sometimes it does close all the way. What guarantees that it'll work is if I reach out my window, up to the deflector, and press that down, and *then* use the button to close the moonroof.

I don't think it's simply a matter of something being in the way of the moonroof. It seems to happen mostly when it's hot outside or maybe it's just when the tC's moonroof has been heated enough. Maybe something expands enough to be a problem? Or could it use some lubrication?

Anyway, it's annoying, but when I mentioned it to the dealer service-person when I took it in for service last, of course I couldn't get the moonroof to show the behavior. The guy thought it was probably just something stuck in the way momentarily.

Soo....Has anyone else seen this in their moonroof? If so...did you manage to get it fixed? And if so, how?

Thanks!
=> Edwin

Originally Posted by nodsetse

That'll work fine, as does silicone spray, graphite, various oil based compounds, etc. There are pros & cons to each, but they'll all resolve the problem.