Sunroof

[slyangel9]

I was driving the other day with the roof open, and every once in a while I can hear the sunroof motor running for a sec or two. Has this happened to anyone else. It is not the same sound as that thing that moves up and down with the spring.

 

[jharris2]

At what speeds? The integrated wind deflector drops at about 55 mph and raises again at about 45 mph.

That's the only noise I hear (except wind noise, of course).

 

[sharp4runr]

Yeah that's suppose to happen. But mine raises at a 55mph and lowers at 45. It does this to better deflect the air at higher speeds.

 

[slyangel9]

I was definitely on the highway so I was going bt. 40-60 mph. Is that wind defector connected to a motor depending on speed. I was only aware of a spring. Where can I find info? Thanks.

 

[sharp4runr]

Where can I find info? Thanks.

In your manual (RTFM) : :arrow:

 

[slyangel9]

I'll look it up first thing when I get home. I thought I was losing my mind. :dunno:

 

[Iman74]

I thought I was losing my mind. :dunno:

Well you are, but it is supposed to do that: the moonroof that is.

 

[jharris2]

Yeah that's suppose to happen. But mine raises at a 55mph and lowers at 45. It does this to better deflect the air at higher speeds.

I thought it was the other way around, so that it created less noise at higher speeds......and I'm out of state so I don't have the truck to test.

 

[sharp4runr]

I'm pretty sure it's the way I described Jharris, can't test 'cause it's raining outside

 

[Mark86]

I posted something about the same problem. I thought there was something wrong with my sunroof. It was annoying before I knew what it was!

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2364

 

[sharp4runr]

I posted something about the same problem. I thought there was something wrong with my sunroof. It was annoying before I knew what it was!

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2364

Ummm, Mark I'm pretty sure that's totally unrelated to what's going on here. Sly isn't having a rattling problem, he just didn't realize the feature of the sunroof's wind deflector...

 

[Mark86]

Ummm, Mark I'm pretty sure that's totally unrelated to what's going on here. Sly isn't having a rattling problem, he just didn't realize the feature of the sunroof's wind deflector...

sharp4runr, thanks for pointing that out. I searched for "sunroof" under my posts and accidently posted the wrong hyperlink. Here is the correct one. Sorry.

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2777

 

[bulldog-yota]

Deflector goes down at 50-55 and goes up at below 45. Drive with the moonroof open most of the time now It is to avoid buffeting at some speeds and reduce windnoise.