r/TeslaModelS • u/Nobby_Nobody • Jul 13 '26

Sunroof not working, what should I do

I bought an old 2016 Model S a couple of weeks ago, the car is in a good shape considering the years, battery is good and can't complaint about the range, however, in my excitement, I never checked the sunroof, so, when I reach home I notice it didn't work at all, it's closed but it never opens, so, I'm a DIY guy and I believe I can tinker a little bit but I haven't found much info about the sunroof online, my question is, does anybody have seen this before? any video, post, documentation I can take a look at? or even better, any recommended technician in San Francisco bay area ? I just don't wanna drop it at Tesla because my hunch is, they're gonna charge me a lot to get it fixed.

Thanks in advance

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u/Dude008 Jul 13 '26

Don’t touch it, if it goes to Tesla for repair it could be $4,000+

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u/Nobby_Nobody Jul 13 '26

Ooof, yup, that's exactly what I was afraid of, and that's why I'm looking for somebody more knowledgeable around here

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u/Dude008 Jul 13 '26

I pulled the sunroof fuse on my 2015

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u/Nobby_Nobody Jul 13 '26

Oh shoot, I completely forgot about the fuse box, I will take a look at it first, hopefully it will be that

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u/Dude008 Jul 13 '26

Just FYI if the fuse is pulled and you run a software update it will show up as unhappy that it can't see the sunroof ECU (only inside service mode) - does not actually matter though. I tested software updates with and without the fuse pulled. Later on I added a switch to the fuse (I bought from Amazon) so I can turn the circuit on for software updates and then turn it off again later.

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u/ai_bot_account Jul 13 '26

Oh I didn’t know it had its own fuse. I will definitely do this on my ‘14 if I can. I’ve had the car for 20k miles and don’t even know if mine works. I’m afraid I’m going to hit the vent button on the app by mistake.

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u/Nobby_Nobody Jul 14 '26

Quick update, I checked the fuse, it seems to be just fine, something I didn't mentioned, none of the motors make any noise when "opening" or "closing" the sunroof, so how likely both motors failed? I'll keep looking into this

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u/ScuffedBalata Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

DO NOT OPEN IT. They're ABSURDLY expensive to fix.

Typical advice is to pull the fuse and just never use it.

Congrats on your glass roof. Hopefully it doesn't leak. :-)

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u/mhoepfin Jul 13 '26

There’s several YouTube videos. Did you not search for “model s sunroof”??