I have a 2000 Eclipse Gt and the stupid sunroof wont tilt by itself. i need to give it a push upwards only then it can slide back and forth. anyone know anything like maybe some kind of adjustment?
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yeah mine has the same problem. i hear it needs a special mitsubishi grease. i went to buy it it costs about 40 dollars -_-

its just grease u can use super white if u want.Small portions though.

Mine has the same problem occasionally, I just give it the push though

Even my 2000 Eclipse GT has the same problem, I have to push it. I showed it to my mechanic he greased it and it did work for a while and he told me that its working right now but in case it stops working again then we have to replace the sunroof motor as it has gone weak.

Asked one of my friend who is with auto zone he told me that the motor is available either from a mitsubishi dealer or from a junk yard.


Thanks,
Gaurav

yeah i tried greasing it but it only works for like a day, then the grease wears off and it gets stuck again. maybe ill just have to live with it...

did it work after you greased it? or did it get stuck again?

I asked my mechanic to get a quote for the motor... that **** thing is worth 288$+ taxes. But the dealer told that there is some design problem because of which even changing the motor doesn't help.

So, don't know what to do, may be the only solution is to grease the sunroof everytime we put gas.

go to http://www.car-part.com and call a salvage yard from there. you can get a used one very cheap if you look hard enough. (not that its that hard to find one for a cheap price on there anyways.)

lol. if you look how it opens from the outside you can see that the sunroof tries to push back when its tilting which is retarded because they could of just made it go up instead of back and no one would have this stupid problem...

hey man mitsubishi makes a lot of mistakes, IMO we deal with it so we can have a nice looking car, that can take a lot of mechanical abuse. not because they have no problems. you want a car with minimal overall up keep costs? go buy a camry or a corrola! but fat chance driving around and someone telling you they want your car. those cars don't look even close to as good as an eclipse yo!

My friend just had this taken care of at a Dealership and all it was was out of alignment, so they just popped it back on track and save himself from having to get a new motor. It's another cheaper suggestion.

ya i could try to align it but i hate taking so much stuff apart just to get to the sunroof lol

At the dealership they didn't have to I think it took them all of like 20 minutes to fix the problem or something like that. I'm not sure exactly how you do it cause mine doesn't have a sunroof, but it shouldn't be too hard to do yourself.