e-man

2006 GS430, 175k miles.

A few weeks ago I noticed that the moonroof wasn’t opening when I pushed the button. Sometimes it would take 2-3 times for the power to engage. As of today, I can still open it, but I have to push the button fairly hard. No issues at all with closing or titling it, so it’s definitely the button and not the motor.

Any suggestions as to what I can to to address this? I assume it will get to the point where one day I won’t be able to open it.

Thanks much.

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ibidu1

iTrader: (1)

I wonder if this is related to your water leaking issues you had. Maybe the contacts in the panel are corroded, and need to be taken apart and cleaning with electrical cleaner and or replaced with new or used overhead console

e-man

I was thinking about that, but the only reason I think it’s not related to that is because a) all the other buttons and functions work, and b) the moonroof open button is as far into the cabin and away from where water was leaking in as can be as compared to the other buttons so I would think the other buttons would be the first ones to go.

In any event, I was poking around on eBay last night and it looks like the overhead console is pretty cheap to replace, so when it eventually goes out I will probably just replace that entire panel. It looks like those consoles can be had for less than $50. Thanks for your help.

By the way, I don’t know if I updated you on the leak, but I determined that it was coming from the moon roof channel. You were right that there must’ve been some pinhole or something that I couldn’t see that was letting water in. I basically lined the channel with black gorilla tape and that stopped the leak.