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Sun Roof Fabric Issue

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Location
Phoenix, AZ
Vehicle
2022 Explorer ST
#1
My wife had opened up the sun/moon (whatever the hell people call it, the roof window, how about that! LOL) while driving and have done this many times before, but seems like the faberic didnt roll in like it should have, so the wind pumbled it and now it wont retract at all. The vehicle just turned a year old, so it should still be under warentee to replace/fix. Question though, has any one had this issue? I have an appointment for the $tealer$hip today, but not looking forward to it. Last time they had it, the rear hatch leaked water and destroyed the radio unit that is in the rear right panel under the rear right window. They pulled the weather stripping out until it stopped leaking and threw a bunch of glue in it and got it all over the outside of the truck where they touched, on the mirrors, windows, doors, inside on trim... and they pulled it off so much, the interior panels were not even installed under the stripping anymore, it was so poorly done.... and I would rather fix this if possible and not have to go back to them to fix....

I've tried to manually pull out and in to see if its a retractor like a seat belt or something.... but it seemed like it was spring loaded to roll up and then the motor just pulled it along the track to roll out. 20231120_110147 (1).jpg 20231120_110136 (1).jpg 20231120_110128 (1).jpg
 

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Location
Socal
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The side clips popped out, practically impossible to fix it without removing the sunrooof.

Happened once to me as well, unfortunately, dealership needs to take care of this.

Make sure you also check the sunroof once you get the vehicle back. They didnt seal mine properly after fixing the sagging and had a slight water leak, back it went
 

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Location
Florida
Vehicle
2020 Explorer ST
#3
Any updates? This just happened to mine as well. Looking for what to expect repair-wise. Whats weird was it happened from one day to the next without any incident. One day all is well, the next i get in the car and see it hanging like yours. Is there a diagram sowing how this is actually put together? Im curious to see what the actual point of failure is....
 



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