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Boy am I glad I haven’t bought a new truck. FCA needs to pull head outta their kiester!
That’s me......usually. I have an 01 3500 with 250k, 09 ranger with 115k(traded a 1994 with 290k in on it). I usually strive to roll em over twice if not problematic.
. Hopefully it will be repaired and completed by next week. Will keep you posted. All the more reason I opt out of sunroofs. I have had cars with them, still do, but I hardly use them.UPDATE...
I visited the body shop my truck is at. Independent, not the dealership. Very nice company and staff. I actually spoke to the technician who is working on the truck and he provided the following process. Good news. The roof panel does NOT need replaced ,however the panel is slightly out of shape where the sunroof meets the roof panel. He indicated that the roof panel really needs additional metal support panels/posts, which he is going to install to stiffen up the roof so the roof panel does not flex like it is doing now. The sunroof frame is NOT part of the roof panel as the dealership told me. It is a separate piece of framing that is complete with the motor assembly. 4 nuts , one electric connection and 4 drain tubes that need to be disconnected and the entire system is out. To work on the system the headliner had to come out, which includes the windshield so you can take out the headliner. This however means the windshield needs replaced due to it cracking while removing.. Hopefully it will be repaired and completed by next week. Will keep you posted.
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The cab lights on my truck is where my water leak was. It wasn't that hard to figure out with all the condensation in some of the lights. I fixed mine myself. No leaks since and I have a sunroof. No way would I have taken it back to the dealer as I have no faith in these so called technicians today.
I carefully removed all of my cab lights and I dried out the cab lights using a hand held hair dryer and I cleaned the cab light gaskets and the roof area where the cab lights mount with a rag and then I applied a thin amount of RTV silicone to the gaskets one at a time and reinstalled them. I also added a small amount of RTV silicone to the base of the heads of the mounting screws because there is a very small sealing gasket located there and I just wanted to make sure that the screws were sealed so no water would enter there too. I have blasted all of that area with a pressure wand at the car wash in order to double check that I indeed had repaired the leak and I have no more leaks. I have pressure washed my truck many times since the repair and still no leak. The first time I discovered my leak was after I had washed my truck at the car wash and I was cleaning around the cab lights and roof area and when I got back in my truck to move it I saw water streaming down the pillar handle on to the floor.
That is exactly why I chose to find and fix the leak myself. I have no faith in the dealership to repair such a simple problem as most of the technicians don't take the time to diagnose the problem correctly! They spend most of their time messing around with their cell phones! I have not had any more water enter my cab since I sealed my cab lights and I just repaired a wind leak at the passenger side lower rear window that I most certainly would have not taken it back to the dealer so that they could rip my truck all apart, molest it and not fix the problem. I know how the job was done because I did it myself. I care about my truck, they do not!
