# 1987 Audi 5000 Sunroof

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** audi\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358 "2010-07-06T03:23:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![edncarla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@edncarla](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edncarla)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358/1 "2010-07-06T03:23:11Z")

</div>

How do I manually open the sunroof on a 1987 Audi 5000?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BadaBing2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@BadaBing2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BadaBing2010)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358/2 "2010-07-06T04:02:23Z")

</div>

Isn’t there an Owner’s Manual with this info?  
Honda spells this type procedure in the Owner’s Manual for my Civic. A special “S” shaped allen wrench is also involved apparently.

If you do not have the manual, you might want to try this question at a VW/Audi specialized Forum (vwvortex comes to mind). Perhaps other owners of the same car might be able to help.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![edncarla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@edncarla](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edncarla)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358/3 "2010-07-06T04:48:13Z")

</div>

My husband has a manual but it only tells how to close it. I suppose if I want to spend $160 (or an iffy ebay purchase for $50) I could buy the actual repair manual published by Robert Bentley, but of course I was looking for a cheaper solution. Sorry for my cheapness, but we are retired with limited resources.

I will take your suggestion and look at vwvortex, thanks for your suggestion!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![andrew\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@andrew\_j](https://community.cartalk.com/u/andrew_j)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358/4 "2010-07-06T12:25:22Z")

</div>

Leave it closed unless you want a free car interior wash everytime it rains.

The mechanism has likely seized after 23 years with spotty maintenance(lubrication to slides and lack of usage since broken).

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358/5 "2010-07-06T13:48:08Z")

</div>

I agree with Andrew, you’re asking for trouble trying to open this, seeing that it already has problems and is quite old. If it starts to leak you’ll have a terrible time trying to fix it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![josegodina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@josegodina](https://community.cartalk.com/u/josegodina)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-audi-5000-sunroof/51358/6 "2011-09-16T14:55:29Z")

</div>

So I made the mistake of opening mine and it stuck open. Does somebody know the procedure to manually close it?