Ah ... the dreaded sunroof noise problem. I knew it well.

I took delivery of my '03 Limited V8 around July 4th weekend from Lawrence Toyota in Lawrenceville, NJ. Almost immediately, the sunroof treated me to a constant chattering noise - I'd compare it to the sound a telegraph machine makes.

Anyway, after about four trips to the delear and two attempts to utilize a supposed fix put out by Toyota, they called in the district service/factory representative to deal with this problem on my 4Runner and another customer's. I was told that this chatter problem is known to Toyota and is the result of a poorly designed sunroof.

However, there is good news. After a day with the representative, the noise disappeared permanently.