My sunroof has an interesting feature.... it seems to occasionally open up (tilts up) on its own. It doesn't happen frequently, or with any known pattern/reason. Although it does seem to be when idling in park vs. when driving.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to easily fix this, I'm all ears.

Otherwise, how could I easily disable the sunroof during the winter?

If it is on a dedicated fuse that would probably be easies (i.e. pull fuse), but I haven't figured that out yet.

Ideas?

 

temporarily, pull the fuse.

i think its fuse number 30, bottom left corner.
if you don't know, the fuse box is in the the driver side of the dash facing the door(cant access with door closed)
look at ur owners manual for details.

 

that is what I was thinking too, but do you know if it is on a dedicated circuit/fuse (or if not, what else would be on that fuse).

1998 a4q

 

its dedicated, if you look at the fuse information on the diagram, or in the book, its labeled "sunroof"

also, i thought i should add, im pretty sure it HAS to be dedicated. They have preparations in case the sunroof fails, which is a sunroof crank, to manually open and close it. so ideally if there was an electrical problem with the sun roof you would have to use the crank, and if so id assume using the crank with an electrical/motor problem would blow other options connected to it.

there for im 99% positive its sunroof only.
should be a green fuse. take time to read the diagram carefully.

 

thank you for your replies and info!

 

your welcome,
btw, im not an audi guru by any means im just using my basic car knowledge and past experiences to help ya out. hopefully it helps.

 

Here's a more permanent fix:
http://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec109.shtml

 

nice find!

 

awesome, thanks for the link

 

At least yours went while parked. When mine was on the fritz, it usually went while going over 60 mph. Pretty startling when it's -25 c in the winter, lol!