Removing and Installing Roof Assembly (Panoramic Roof)

Removing And Installing Roof Assembly (Panoramic Roof)







Preliminary work

1. Disconnect battery.
2. Remove roof joint cover strip.
3. Removing headliner.

Removing roof assembly for panoramic roof







1. Disconnect electrical plug connection.
1.1. Pull off electric plug connection for vehicle wiring harness -4- on control unit for the roof assembly.












2. Pull off water drain hoses.
2.1. Pull off water drain hoses -2- and -3-.












3. Unscrew fastening nuts -5- and -5-on the roof assembly.

NOTE: 3 persons are necessary to be able to take off the roof assembly after removal.

4. Take off roof assembly with the help of assistants.


Preparing roof assembly for panoramic roof and vehicle for installation







1. Check the sealing joint -9- and impact cover -10- for damage or detachment on the roof assembly, if necessary, replace seal and cover.

NOTE: The sealing strap must be replaced before re-installing the roof assembly.







2. Pull off sealing strap -7- completely on the fitting flange of the roof assembly or scrape it off with a metal spatula.
3. Clean flange areas on roof assembly -8- with cleaning agents.
4. Clean flange of body in contact area of the roof assembly with cleaning agents.







5. Affix sealing strap -7- on rear positioning bolt -6- all the way around starting on the fitting flange of the roof assembly.
5.1. Cut off the sealing strap -7- in the area of the gap so that it forms a 45 degrees joint-arrow-.
5.2. Affix the sealing strap -7- in the area of the corners -A- so that it is free of tension.

Installing roof assembly for panoramic roof

WARNING: Danger of injury when reaching into the mechanism while opening and closing the Panorama roof system.

- Do not reach into the moving area of the mechanism when opening and closing the Panorama roof system.
- If there is danger, release the rotary switch immediately or activate it in the opposite direction, or switch off the ignition.

ATTENTION: Danger of material damage due to closing/opening the roof system with a limit position that is not initialized.

- After replacing a motor or moving the roof segments with the ignition switched off, first close the roof and initialize the limit position.
- Never open the panoramic roof without having initialized the limit position of the motor. Danger of collision for the two rear roof segments.

NOTE:
- 3 persons are necessary to be able to position the roof assembly when installing on vehicle.
- The roof assembly will be aligned automatically using the positioning bolts attached to the roof assembly when installing.

1. Prepare roof assembly and vehicle for installation.












2. Place roof assembly -1- on roof frame and insert the positioning bolts -6- in the roof frame.












3. Screw in fastening nuts -5- and tighten in the sequence shown -a to c- and -d to h- to the specified tightening torque. Tightening torque 7.5 ftlb. +/- 0.5 ftlb.







4. Connect electric plug connection of vehicle wiring harness -4- to control unit for roof assembly until it is felt to engage.












5. Connect water drain hoses -2- and -3-.