Well we had our first nice day in weeks so I opened the sunroof today. When I parked at work and closed it the damned sunroof button trim piece fell off. I can't get the thing to stay back on there for anything...

Any suggestions?

 

this is a common problem, I think some people are using super glue to keep it on, I personally just leave mine off.

 

join the club, lol get the dealer to order a new one...

 

thats sucks, but its funny i just got this mental image of pushing in the button and watching it fall and first thing out of my mouth is Damnit..

i have never had a problem with mine so far and i use it everday.. actually i always ride with the top open unless its raining

 

Take it back to your dealer. There is a bulletin on this problem. They will order youa new retainer.

 

So True. It only takes about 5 minutes to fix. The two plastic fins that hold the button in place are flimsy.

 

lol 100% agreen with acidangel5.0

 

i polyurathaned mine back on

 

the dealer bitched mine all up putting it back in, they put it in backwards the first time and then i had them put it in the correct way and it fell down again yesterday.

 

bring it to the dealer, its one of the infamous problems of almost every cobalt.

mine didnt do it for a while and i was like aha i dont have a shitty trim peice. but it fell off two weeks later. takes the dealer 20 mins to place securely. havent had a problem since

 

speaking of sunroofs.....do you know if the dealer would be willing to put a sunroof in my non-sunroof car?.......or should i just pull a Bam Margera and take a saws-all to it?.....lol....

 

mine did the same thing. i just took it to my dealer and they order me a new one.

 

Ditto, fine has not fallen since they fixed it last year. They order a new assembly for mine for some reason. like the whole things except for the sunroof it's self lol.

 

just have the dealer order it.... im on #2..... see how long this lasts... anyway, don't waste the money on superglue.... there is a bulliten for it.... let them pay for it... good luck

 

I fiddled around with it yesterday and finally got it to stay. I try to avoid the dealer...they are a bunch of dumb *****.

 

It will cost you, but yes. They offered to do it to mine, but I'm just not comfortable with the idea of some dealership grease monkey cutting a hole in the roof of my car.

 

Dealer

 

If you are kindda handy, I can tell you how to fix it yourself at home with little effort, and no friggin' glue.

The tabs on the trim piece are just slightly too wide to fit correctly in the metal clip attached to the headliner. Using a nice new utility knife blade, slide about a millimeter off each side of each tab.

Then, remove the interior gasket around your sunroof opening. Just in the front, you don't have to completely remove it. Don't worry about this step. It pulls off very easily and pushes right back on just as easy. This will give you access to the back side of the clip.

If you pushed your switch out of the clip trying to push the trim ring back on, replace it now. You may have to bend the tabs on the metal clip back out just a bit to get a good grab on the switch housing.

Now, with access to both sides, you should be able to replace the trim ring relatively easily. You have to engage the tabs to the clip on the driver side first, then the passenger side due to the way the clip is made.