Perfect... I'm going to try it myself - hopefully I can get the headliner off and see what's going on up there... but if not, next meet we can try and figure this out.

Thanks so much

 

im'd you

 

wow this thread is amazing, my sunroof went out about a week after i bought mine (first week of september) and now my sunroof is finally fixed! fortunately mine was stuck closed so i didn't even think about it during winter

 

I have this same problem.

The sun roof opens and goes all the way back but if you dont let off it will keep trying to go back. If you try to make it go foward it just moves about 2 inches and stops so you have to click the switch foward again and again until it goes all the way forward.

Is this a motor issue or something else?

 

Friends EVO has this issue. I'll check it out. Thanks for the writeup!

 

This is what I did. First time I tried to close it (BEFORE I put the headliner back in) it would not go all the way forward. From my earlier post . . . "Step 4 is key, make sure the motor is in the “full back” position and the sunroof, too. Mine jumped a few teeth and would not close all the way until I dropped the motor (reconnected the battery) and hit the sunroof open button (I did not use the alligator clip step – Didn’t seem to need to). Motor turned for about 3 seconds and stopped (i.e. What he said about programmed revolutions). I made sure the whole thing was working again before I put the headliner in (Which you really don’t need to take all the way out of the car) and disconnected the battery again for reassembly."

 

My sunroof broke about a month after I bought my car. I went to the dealership and they said I needed a motor & "related parts" to make it operate. Estimate $1270.00!!!!

I followed the directions & my total cost was for 2 screws & some grip tight.

The directions (and tips from others) worked great!

 

Like you needed that $1270! ... btw isn't a 2003 Evo an Evo VIII

 

Yup, you're right....show's how well i proof read...darn typos...all fixed now

 

Yesterday, mine made a grinding noise when I went to open it. It stopped half way. I hit the switch again and it went all the way back with the motor rotating non stop. After about 3 min of the motor turning, it finaly stopped. Its been in the twentys here at night and in the mornings so I needed to close the sun roof. I was able to pull it closed by hand, but it was tough. I hit the switch to see if I could close it correctly by using the motor, but it propped open in the tilt positition. Rain was in the forecast so I was hoping I could find some info on this site.

Thanks Cajun, for the nice right up. I followed the steps and sure enough two screws rolled out when I lowered the liner. I removed the motor and hit the switch to open so the motor could find the open position. I thought that after so many revs, the motor would stop, but it kept turning. As long as I pressed the switch to open, the motor would turn. I then tried to move the roof glass to the full open positon. I could not move the sunroof out of that tilt open positon. I didnt want to break or bend anything. With the motor still out, I hit the switch to the closed position for about seven seconds the pushed the switch to match the open tilt position.

I installed the motor with locktight on the screws . I hit the switch to close the roof and it closed. We have rain coming so I dont want to mess with it until these rains pass. I will test this weekend and report back.

Thanks again for this info.

 

Ok so thanks to this guide I saved a boat load of money t=but the problem I have is trying to re-initialize the sunroof. Its in Initialization status now (confirmed by the sunroof inching forward every few inches) but I can't get it to get out of initialization after getting it to the desired closing point. I hold it for 3 seconds but it never kicks out of initialization mode. What am I doing wrong?

 

I'm with this guy, been dealing with it for a month now. tried reseting the motor several times when I had it apart and saw on here where someone said it would relear itself. maybe I did something wrong or my car is holding true to it's p.i.t.a. form

 

just got done with this. same situation, 2 screws had dropped out. easy fix if you follow the directions. If i could just clarify though:

once you drop the motor and make sure that the sunroof is all the way back, push the sunroof open button. This will put the motor to the proper position. Then re-install. Thanks for the wright up

 

I think the trick is, get the sunroof all the way back. Push the button to let the motor to get to the right position and put it all back together. I had to try several times and this worked.

 

Im having the same issue as this guy. Im not going to take it to Mitsu just yet because I have a turbo and evo vii wing so they would think i was an evo vii cuz they are stupid. But If i put the window for the roof back all the way and press the button back it should relearn its self. I will try this but I think I already did and nothin. I just want to buy the damn motor and dont know the part number. Does anyone know. I did a search on the numbers that are on the motor and came up with a bunch of crap. Im taking the whole thing apart this weekend. Im peeved!