my sunroofs motor runs when i push the button, but it wont open. i dont know why, so if anyone can help me its greatly appriciated. (note: car is '88 gxl)

 

It's probably rusted shut and the cable snapped. You can try to take off the little cover behind the sunroof on the headliner and use an allen wrench to try to turn it and see what happens, or push up on it from the bottom when hitting the button or using that 'manual' spot, but chances are it's just rusted in place/etc.

 

how do you remove it to clean it out then?

 

You have to remove the headliner, front window trim, a-pillars, and a few other peices of plastic, then you'll see how it's all bolted in place.

 

i have the same problem.........i think alot of the 2nd gens are liek that=(....

 

mine...iit opens when i give it assist......and push it up...but is urs totally STUCK?....

 

yeah the manual thing wont open it, the motors running but it wont open, ima go mess with it now and see what happens, it mught be rusted tho, the time is now...

 

I couldnt get mine unstuck... so I took the headliner off of the panel and now I just unbolt the stuck side and push up to open it... it looks a bit ghetto, but it gets the job done.

 

mine was shut closed. i manually opened it with the allen wrench method. i sprayed wd-40 in the rails to clean it. After the stuff sat for an hour i wiped it off. then i place bearing grease on the rails. after a couple of open/close sessions its 1000% better!

 

I'd say its rusted like SonicRaT said. My sunroof was having problems, it was getting stuck about halfway open from one of the cables getting stuck or soemthing. I took it all out and scrubbed/cleaned it all and regreased it before i put it back together. Now its working great.