How can I get my wind deflector to come down when closing my sunroof on a 940T.
I hate getting my finger caught each time I need to close the roof plus doing so it is a two handed job.
Where is the "wear strip" on the arms that I assume the roof must push down.
I wish I had a 940T book showing body idiosyncraties.
Thanks in advance.
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EJO 1994 940T 190K

I experienced this same problem on a '93 940. There were actually two problems that I thought were unrelated, but it turns out they were companion problems: the wind deflector would get bound up, and the sunroof wouldn't stop in the "rest" position.

Removing the roof, setting the motor to the "rest" position, and reassembling corrected both problems. The roof must have been out of alignment causing both problems.

It was a little intimidating since I had not had one of these appart. But once you get into it, you'll realize it's an easy fix.

Good luck. Post back with your results.

Jeff Pierce

Maybe, in order to see how the wind deflector is supposed to work, the best thing you could do without reference material is to find someone who is willing to show you a properly working 700 or 900 series sunroof in operation. You will see that there is a spring-loaded (approx. 12" long) metal arm on each side of the wind deflector. As the sunroof moves forward to close, the sunroof pushes the metal arms downward, thereby lowering the rear of the wind deflector until it goes under the sunroof, just before the sunroof closes completely.

Once I had a 700 series where the metal arms had rusted and broken loose. I could have found or fabricated new metal arms, but was short on time, and the car was not a museum piece, so I decided to improvise. I removed what was left of the metal arms and simply drilled two holes in the wind deflector, through the front of the sunroof frame and attached a self-tapping screw into each of the two holes. This secured the wind deflector to the sunroof frame. The sunroof worked fine, didn't leak and I never even noticed the lack of a wind deflector while driving with the sunroof open.

Of course, if the metal arms on your wind deflector are missing, you can replace them with ones in good condition from your local pick 'n pull yard.