54 13 002 Adjusting Both Glass Slide/Tilt Sunroof Panel

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Special tools required:

NOTE: Make the adjustment with an assistant.

Necessary preliminary work:

Remove GAITER on left and right.
Close glass slide/tilt sunroof completely.

Check the distance and height adjustment first.

Distance setting:

Distance A between body and glass slide/tilt sunroof panel (without seal):

A = 5.8 ±0.3 mm all round.

Check that distance between glass slide/tilt sunroof covers and body is the same with special tool 00 9 340 .

Slide special tool 00 9 340 between gasket and insert. It must be possible to slide the card against the same level of resistance.

Fig 1: Checking Distance Between Glass Slide/Tilt Sunroof Covers And Body

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Height adjustment:

Check height of glass slide/tilt sunroof panel (1) in relation to body (2) with special tool 00 9 315 .

Measuring range on flat side of glass slide/tilt sunroof panel (not in the area of the corner of the glass slide/tilt sunroof panel).

Height:

Fig 2: Checking Height Of Glass Slide/Tilt Sunroof Panel

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Front edge of glass slide/tilt sunroof panel at front 0 to 1 mm under roof edge.
Rear edge of glass slide/tilt sunroof panel at front 0 to 0.5 mm over glass slide/tilt sunroof panel at rear.
Rear edge of glass slide/tilt sunroof panel at rear 0 to 1 mm over roof edge.

Check function and adjustment.

Adjusting glass slide/tilt sunroof unit:

If the glass slide/tilt sunroof is outside the adjustment tolerances, adjust as follows:

NOTE: If both glass slide/tilt sunroof panels are outside of the tolerance, the front glass slide/tilt sunroof panel must be adjusted first.

Carry out the following step on one side first and then the other (first left, then right or vice versa):

Loosely screw in the Torx screws for the FRONT or REAR glass slide/tilt sunroof panel on the left/right so that the glass roof insert can just be shifted.
Shift the glass slide/tilt sunroof panel until the ideal position is reached.
Tighten down all bolts.
Tightening torque: 54 12 01AZ .
Repeat operations on other side.
INITIALIZE glass slide/tilt sunroof.