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Sunroof Repair This document is the text/images from the TSB

1. around each of the four doors It just slides out You ll need to loosen a piece of trim by the driver and passenger foot well circled in green to get the trim out See figure PIC 008 PIC 008 G Remove upper portion of trim between the front and rear doors Again this is held in place by metal clips Pull straight back on it See figure PIC 009 H Remove dome light See figure PIC 010 PIC009 PIC 010 I Pop upper rear trim You don t need to fully remove these pieces Just get them out of the way but leave them in place There are two metal clips holding this in place See figure PIC 011 J Remove side handles from headliner See figure PIC 012 PIC 011 PIC 012 K Remove sunroof controls This part just pulls down See figure PIC 013 L Remove rear view mirror This is attached with Philips screws See figure PIC 014 PIC 013 M Remove vanity mirrors These are held in place by Phillips screws See figure PIC 015 N You re finally ready to pull down the headliner Pull straight down on the very back of the headliner to release some clips the part of the headliner closest to the car s rear window Now pull down on the headliner portion that surrounds the sunroof opening Three of the four sides around the sunroof opening hold the headliner with Velcro strips The fourth side the side closest to the rear window holds the headliner with metal clips Do not pull down on the side with the metal clips Sim
2. assembly with the sunroof lid attached to the rail assembly It makes the unit heavier to take out of the car but makes the removal of the sunroof lid easier with the rail and lid out of the car Believe it or not the bulk of the work involves the removal of the headliner This is because you ll have to remove the seats and side trim to get to the headliner Here I will detail everything you have to do in order to remove the headliner A Remove the front seats These are attached with four bolts Once you remove the bolts tilt the seat towards the back seat This will allow you access under the seat to disconnect the wiring harnesses The driver side seat has two wiring harnesses the passenger side has a single harness Be careful when removing the seat from the car The seat legs are very sharp and can damage the door trim Do not attempt to carry the seat by holding the headrest The front seats are fairly heavy and the weight can cause the headrest to move while your holding it Figure PICOO1 shows the front seat removed PIC 001 B Remove the back seat The back seat is made up of two sections The lower portion where your butt would sit and the upper section where your back would be The lower section comes out first To remove it remove the two bolts by the carpet Please note the bracket that holds the seat has two openings one for the bolt and one for a metal tab You will need to bend this metal tab towards you befo
3. Sunroof Repair This document is the text images from the TSB technical service bulletin issued by Infiniti concerning the repair procedure for sunroof issues Be advised that this is a LARGE TIME CONSUMING project Plan to do this over a weekend I found some omissions in the TSB that were significant and caused me to waste a lot of time trying to figure things out on my own With the TSB and my additions you should be able to do this in much less time than it took me Any text in italics Signify my inserted comments clarification regarding the different TSB steps My inserted images will be designated by a prefix of PIC example see image PIC 001 The original TSB Images are named Figure xx Sunroof Repair TSB The sunroof repair kit available for the J30 is part number 91350 10Y20 See images at bottom of document SERVICE INFORMATION If an applied vehicle exhibits the following symptoms use the service procedure below to resolve the incident s Sunroof binds Sunroof motor runs but the sunroof will not open or close Sunroof leaks 1 Operate or move the sunroof until it reaches the fully closed position not tilted position 2 Remove the sunroof lid glass sunroof shade and headliner Refer to the BT or BF section of the applicable service manual This TSB was written to cover several Infiniti models The J30 has no sunroof Shade and the sunroof lid is not glass but metal I removed the sunroof rail
4. ave to open the sunroof about of the way You re thinking the sunroof rail is no longer connected to the car I did this by attaching a set of jumper cables from the car battery to the two wires coming off the sunroof motor The blue wire is your ground and the red wire is your positive Attach the sunroof switch assembly to your motor and use it to open not tilt the sunroof The sunroof lid is attached to the rear guide by six bolts three on each side The rear guide is the bracket that slides back and forth on the sunroof rail when you open close your sunroof They re the black metal parts that came in your repair kit with that cable attached to them The bolts holding your sunroof lid attached to the rear guides are located behind the felt liner on the sunroof lid the part of the sunroof lid that faces the inside of the car and has the same material as the headliner In other words the screws are sandwiched between the sunroof lid and the felt liner To get access to these screws you ll have to slide the felt liner towards the back of the sunroof To release the felt liner from the sunroof lid you ll need to insert a screwdriver in the front of the sunroof opening between the sunroof lid and the felt liner See figure PIC 019 to pry up two plastic clips holding the felt liner to the sunroof lid The clips are located on the left and right side of the opening driver and passenger sides As you lift up the clip apply pressu
5. damaged or missing install two new front silencers see Figure 10 NOTE Steps 12 and 13 below only apply to QX4 12 Install the new damper on the empty metal tab on the rear of the sunroof rail assembly see Figure 11 NOTE When installing the damper first insert the front portion of the damper into the hole in the cross member then push the damper over the metal tab until it is fully seated 13 Install two additional resistors on the sunroof rail assembly see Figure 12 NOTE Most QX4 vehicles already have two resistors mounted to either the front or rear of the sunroof rail assembly Install two additional resistors provided in the kit so the sunroof rail assembly has four resistors when you are done 14 Install the new white plastic shoes on the new rear guide assemblies see Figure 13 NOTE Install the white plastic shoes so the tabs face each other see Figure 13 15 Apply silicone grease 16 Install the new rear guides as follows A Slide the rear guide cable into the sunroof rail assembly NOTE The passenger side rear guide cable slides into the outside rail track and the driver side rear guide cable slides into the inside rail track see Figure 14 NOTE If the original cable was broken and still remains in the sunroof rail assembly push the new cable into the sunroof rail assembly until it pushes the broken cable to the guide link slot then use pliers to pull the old cable out through the slot see Fi
6. ed with step 6 6 Remove the stoppers from the rear of the sunroof rail assembly as follows A Loosen but do not remove the screw in the end of the stopper see Figure 6 B Remove the screw on the top of the stopper see Figure 6 C Slide the stopper out of the sunroof rail assembly see Figure 6 7 Remove the drain tray as follows A Remove two screws that secure the drain tray to the drain guides see Figure 7 B Lift up and pull forward on the front of the drain tray to remove it from the drain guides see Figure 7 8 Insert a screwdriver and pull each guide out of the sunroof rail assembly until the cable is removed see Figure 8 The drain guide will come out automatically as the guide is removed NOTE If the old cable is broken wait to remove it when you install the new cables see step 16 It is easier than fishing it out now 9 Remove any debris found in the sunroof rail after the cable is removed Also carefully smooth out any burrs or nicks on the sunroof rail with a file NOTE Do not remove the existing grease from the sunroof rail but only remove the debris Also do not use any cleaners solvents on the sunroof rail NOTE When filing burrs or nicks use caution not to get metal filings in the sunroof rail grease Cover the grease with a rag or with tape 10 If damaged or missing install new guide links in the guide link slots see Figure 9 NOTE Step 11 below only applies to 130 and QX4 11 If
7. f opening in your car It s tilted too far up or down when the sunroof switch is in the fully closed position tilted all the way down The solution is simple Simply use the tilt switch to tilt your window up or down until it lines up with the car s roof opening Once the lid is lined up with the roof opening leave the switch alone and remove the sunroof motor from the rail assembly Now with the motor removed from the rail assembly but still connected to the power source and switch assembly hit the switch and place the motor in it s fully closed un tilted position Now that the motor is sitting in its closed position re attach it to the sunroof rail Now when you tilt the lid up and back down it should line up with the roof opening 31 Re install the headliner SUNROOF REPAIR KIT Drain guide Fer Driver side al Figure 1 DO NOT PICK UP BY DRAIN TRAY AGE j Fall i Jf RN Figure 2 DO NOT PLACE THE SUNROOF RAIL ASSEMBLY ON ITS END Figure 3 DO NOT PUSH ON SUNROOF CROSSMEMBER SU X Figure 4 Align closed position marks Figure 5 Figure 8 Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12 Figure 13 Sunrool assembly Passenger side ral rear end view Driver side rail rear end view Insert driver side rear gelb cable into inside Track ide N rail track ms Figu
8. gure 15 B First insert the front of the new rear guide into the sunroof rail see Figure 16 then pull the guide towards the front of the sunroof rail assembly until the rear guide slides into the sunroof rail see Figure 17 Make sure the mold pin is placed on top of the rail see Figure 18 when inserting the rear guide NOTE Squeeze the tabs on the white shoes together while inserting the rear guide into the sunroof rail 17 Verify the rear guides slide smoothly and quietly in the sunroof rail assembly then move the guides completely forward 18 Insert the new drain guides into the rear of the sunroof rail assembly as follows A Push the stopper in the A direction while squeezing the clips in the B direction see Figure 19 B Insert the drain guide into the end of the sunroof rail assembly see Figure 19 and slide it forward until it snaps into the cut out in the rail 19 Re install the rear stoppers 20 Wipe off the sunroof cross members with a clean cloth 21 Wipe any debris out of the drain channels troughs See Figure 19 above 22 Move the rear guide until the holes on the rear guide and link line up with each other see Figure 20 23 Insert a 3 mm punch or pin through the holes to make sure they are completely aligned see Figure 20 To get these holes to line up you ll have to either pull or push on the rear of the rear guide while keeping the front of the guide from moving This hole alignment ensure
9. ply slide the entire headliner towards the front of the car This should cause the headliner to slide off these last set of clips I could not figure out a way to take the headliner out of the car Maybe you can I left the headliner in the car and just moved around it It became a real pain to maneuver around it Figure PIC 016 shows the headliner removed PIC 015 PIC 016 3 Remove the sunroof rail assembly from the vehicle and place it on a flat working Surface IMPORTANT Observe the following cautions when handling or working on the sunroof rail assembly Do not pick the sunroof rail assembly up by the drain tray as damage may occur to the drain tray see Figure 2 Do not place the sunroof rail assembly on its end as damage to the corner drains may occur see Figure 3 Do not press on the sunroof rail assembly cross members as they may bend see Figure 4 Before you remove the sunroof from the car it may be a good idea to mark the location of the four brackets that secure back portion of the rail to the roof Mark the location of the bracket in relation to the roof of your car as well and the location of the bolts This will be helpful when putting everything back These four brackets are used to do slight adjustments for the location of the sunroof Hopefully by marking the location of these you won t have to waste time adjusting the location of the rail assembly when putting things back together See figure PIC 017 Al
10. re 14 Old broken cable pull out of guide link slot Figure 15 Slide rear quide into sunroof rail Figure 16 Figure 17 Correct Position of Mold Pin Incorrect Position of Mold Pin on top ol swir rail Figure 18 Figure 19 Figure 20
11. re on the felt liner towards the back of the sunroof Do this on both sides and the felt liner will slide back exposing four of the six screws See figure PIC 020 Figure PIC 021 shows what the clip looks like PIC 019 PIC 020 PIC 021 To get to the last screw you ll have to slide the felt liner further back You ll notice that the liner will catch on something This something is another set of clips These clips are located on the edges of the little felt liner pop up opening the piece of the felt liner that pops up when you tilt the sunroof open Push these clips up and the felt liner should slide all the way back You may have to close the sunroof door to expose the last two screws I ended up completely removing the felt liner out of the rail assembly by sliding it all the way out the back of the rail That s how I was able to take the photo seen in figure PIC 021 Now that you have the sunroof lid removed Make sure you close the sunroof door without the lid You re just making sure the sunroof motor is in the closed position With the motor in the closed position you can remove the motor from the sunroof rail assembly 5 Confirm the closed position marks on the motor are lined up with each other see Figure 5 A If the closed position marks are lined up proceed with step 6 B If the closed position marks are not lined up turn the motor adjustment screw see Figure 5 until the marks are aligned then proce
12. re you can lift up on the seat see figure PICOO2 Otherwise the metal tab keeps the seat from sliding up and out of the bracket Once this tab is bent you can just lift the seat out To remove the upper portion of the back seat remove the five Phillips screws that hold it in place Lower the back seat armrest That will expose a piece of trim that flips open push on the top of the trim to flip it open There are two additional screws behind this trim Push the seat back towards the ceiling of the car and the seat should pop right out See figure PICOO3 PIC 002 PIC 003 C Remove the kick plates chrome trim over the carpet in each door opening by each door The kick plates are held in place by metal clips D Remove the lower portion of trim that sits between the front and rear doors Pull straight back on it It s simply held in place by metal clips See figure PIC 004 Note that there s a foam piece that will likely fall out You need to glue it back in place Both of mine fell out See figure PIC 005 PIC a PIC 005 E Pop out the A pillar trim Again this is held by two metal clips One clip on top the other clip above the tweeter You DO NOT want to remove this trim piece Just pop it out so it will be out of the way when you get ready to remove the headliner This part needs to stay in the car just unclip it See figures PIC 006 and PIC 007 PICO06 PICOO7 F Remove the weather stripping molding from
13. s that your lid is not incorrectly tilted too far up or down I tried VERY hard to get these holes to line up but could never get the thing to move You can skip this step I have a fix for this later 24 Re install the motor on the sunroof rail assembly NOTE Make sure the closed position marks on the motor are still lined up with each other before installing the motor on the sunroof rail assembly If necessary turn the motor adjustment screw until the marks are aligned 25 Re install the sunshade in the sunroof rail assembly Refer to the BT section of the applicable service manual NOTE The sunshade brackets ride on the lower longer slots in the rail 26 Re install the drain tray see Figure 7 27 Re install the sunroof rail assembly in the vehicle Refer to the BT section of the applicable service manual 28 Wipe off the outer rubber seal on the sunroof lid glass NOTE Do not use cleaners solvents to clean the sunroof outer rubber seal as they can cause the rubber to dry out and crack 29 Re install the sunroof lid glass You may have to adjust the sunroof lid forward or backward to get it to line up with the opening If this is the case slide the felt liner back and loosen the six bolts 3 per rear guide that hold the lid in place and adjust as needed 30 Check the operation of the sunroof If you could not get the holes to line up in step 23 you will notice that your sunroof lid does not line up with the roo
14. so note that the bolts holding the sunroof rail have a notched opening on the driver side of the sunroof figure PIC 018 The bolts on the passenger side are NOT notched Remove all but one of the bolts on the passenger side On the driver side just loosen the bolts in the notched openings Once you re ready to pull the rail out of the car have a friend hold the driver side of the sunroof rail while you remove the last bolt on the passenger side This will cause the passenger side of the rail to drop down Hold it Now the driver Side is still being held by all the loose bolts in the notched openings Simply let the passenger side drop down while you slide the driver side out of the notches I pulled the sunroof rail out of the passenger side rear door Stand the sunroof on it s side NOT THE SIDE WITH THE PLASTIC DRAIN HOLES preferably the side with no notches that way the notches don t scratch the bottom of the door opening Slide the rail assembly out the door PIC 017 PIC 018 4 Remove the motor from the sunroof rail assembly If you didn t remove the sunroof lid back in step 1 leave the motor on the rail assembly for now you ll need to use now If you removed the sunroof lid already continue with step 5 Ok if you re here you need to remove the sunroof lid from the rail assembly This step took me hours to figure out In any case here s the trick In order to remove the sunroof lid from the rail assembly you will h

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