The little plastic arm that holds the air diffuser thingy broke today!! Anyone ever have this problem??

Not sure where to start on this one....

 

Which arm? I can't remember now, but an arm on mine snapped once. Luckily I was able to close it, and I was under warranty. They had to replace the whole damn thing for that one arm. If I wasn't under warrant I probably would have left it shut forever.

Post a pic of the broken part..

 

Mine is broken too. I havent even priced a repair. Its been closed for 2 months now but I raise it from the back.

 

Mine was broken when I bought it. I tried to straight epoxy it, but it's pretty difficult to splint. It remains unfixed and I usually just pop the back up instead of fully opening it. If I really want to open it I just have to hold the arm down while it's shutting so it doesn't jam.

 

Theres a guy selling a sunroof on cadillacforums, regular cts section..i think he will part it out too. This could be a good option if that arm is not available by itself..

 

Not sure about the air diffuser thing (assuming you mean that thing that pops up when it opens, to keep it from buffeting? (if you ever drive without it, you'll appreciate how well it works!)

If it's like mine, where the plastic bracket (for the glass) broke that tilts it up and also helps pull it back on that side, you'll have to replace the whole frame...You can get one brand new for ~$200 if you shop around, if that's what you need...Otherwise, that wind deflector may be a separate assembly/part and probably won't be too $$$...Been awhile since I looked to see how it works and where it's attached though, so if you can look at it next time and you can tell how it's attached and if it belongs to the main frame.

anyway, do not even think about having the dealer replace your frame...they quoted me $1,420!!! lol, yeah right. That's just for the frame and not the motor, glass, etc...It is a lot of labor, but come on, $1100+ (list is $284 for frame) for the labor?!?

I need to just order the part and pull down the headliner and fix this...Been 10 months now since I haven't been able to open the sunroof I tried repairing it myself, but since the assembly is all riveted, you can't just pull out the pin (that it pivots on)...I was going to just make an aluminum replacement or something, but without being able to pull the pin to put that bracket in and then putting the pin back in, that won't work...I'm sure if you pulled the frame it may be doable and/or if you planned to drill out the rivets, but the frame itself isn't enough $$ to justify the risk of it not being able to be fixed properly (going thru all the BS to get to it off)...And as I mentioned above, the car is pretty much undriveable without being able to use that diffuser thing, as the mirror wants to break off, ha ha and the noise...that is around town, couldn't imagine on the freeway!

 

Wtf???? This just happened to me last night!!!!!

 

This is the part that broke on mine. It's made of aluminum and its riveted in. So I had to drill the rivets out to remove it. I'm getting it welded this week. I can't live without my sunroof. Easy fix if u have someone that welds aluminum. :-)

 

If you were going to weld it why not just weld it with them still in the car? Be sure to post pictures when your finished. Thanks!

 

Don't weld in the car or you will be looking for interior parts next.

 

Would a welder's blanket not protect the interior?

 

Welding really stinks,as basically you are burning 2 pieces together, not a nice interior smell. Maybe on a crap car, not a nice one. MMM buring smelling Caddy.

 

Makes me even more happy that I held out for a sunroof delete car!!!

 

If welding does not work man I should have the part no problem off one of my part caddys...let me know

 

Now that the weather is getting warm, I'm looking at my sunroof again.
Stageup, this is the same part that is broken on my drivers side also.
Did you get it welded and placed back in the sunroof successfully? Were there any problems?

 

That truly sucks especially with the spring right around the corner

 

Bought an 07 yesterday, drove it home, broke this AM. :'(

Anybody have this part lying around? Driver side if it is side-specific.

Thanks!
Chris

 

1st congrats on the purchase and welcome!

2nd Bravo for having searching skills. You and I will get along great!

3rd check the classified section for a couple cars that have been being parted out. Other than that it will probably
Be a dealer part.

Good luck!

 

Thank you for the welcome. Been around in other sections. Building a Jeep in my other time. Project SFJ(stupid @#%! Jeep) is still underway but decided to have something that I could drive more regularly and enjoy now.

Hadn't seen any V-specific stuff in the classifieds recently but I didn't dig that hard; usually for general stuff if it's on the second page it is sold but car partouts probably languish a bit. Will check.

Thanks!

Chris

 

The is a V classified section in the V1 forum page.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/cadillac-...assifieds-156/