Normal grease (the kind of thick one).

Open the roof all the way then lay some grease with your finger in front of the sliding arm that holds the glass. After that, close and open the roof once or twice to spread the grease on the tracks.

Don't use those silicone sprays, they dry out almost instantly and they flush the grease so you endup with a stuck roof.

Note that you should have a torx handle stashed in your user manual, it's used to manually crank the roof when the motor or battery is dead.

Tad-bravo said:

Note that you should have a torx handle stashed in your user manual, it's used to manually crank the roof when the motor or battery is dead.

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Actually in the user manual book pouch?

It's things like this I need to check when collecting the car

Hey guys,
About the looks, I got a white Bravo two weeks ago (I'm a big fan of the Maranello Red or Black or my favorite Blue) but here in Mexico they just sold it out back in 2009 (yep, just 1 year due to the conversion of MXN to EUR) and got mine white (used with 47000Kms).
I just love it, it was an only version (the Sport one) so it has black interiors with blue triming and it looks wonderful, and with the tinted windows and tinted roof it looks like a very much expensive Audi A3 or even a S3....
About the roof not being able to open/close it with the remote is due to its weight and its motor to just work with the engine running). My battery just died this morning....

It's nothing to do with weight or having to have the engine running, it's lazyness on Fiats part.

I would say the Panaroof is the main feature that makes the Bravo stand out.And importantly,it attracts attention from the chicks

Why cant it be added after purchase?

BallinBravo said:

Why cant it be added after purchase?

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All sunroofs in every car are a factory option only because the roof is a body panel that is welded with the rest of the frame.

:yeahthat:

And intergration within the CANbus network can only be done at factory.

Opened my roof today and it now refuses to close. It sometimes goes a little way, gives up and opens again? Any experience or ideas would be greatly appreciated due to the impending rain tomorrow!!

You need to grease it and check the rubber cover on the outside it could be blocking the arms holding the glass.

Marcos999 said:

Opened my roof today and it now refuses to close. It sometimes goes a little way, gives up and opens again? Any experience or ideas would be greatly appreciated due to the impending rain tomorrow!!

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Mine came with a manual crank to close the roof in just this eventuality. Never used it but the handbook says it fits in the slot under the plastic cover behind the rear sun roof.

Yep, just found it. I've re greased the front runners but it still can't close under it's own steam and make a clicking noise while trying. I've found the manual overide and closed it so at least it's not going to get wet. Do the rear runners run dry? They look like rollers but I couldn't really see.

Had the same issue and had to take it to the garage. They disassembled and reassembled it. Greasing it every year since then - no issues.

There's a service combination with the buttons to reset, i believe you have to hold the two buttons together. But didn't fix anything in my case.

Tad-bravo said:

You need to grease it and check the rubber cover on the outside it could be blocking the arms holding the glass.

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Do you mean the rear runners? I'm sure it's going to be something like that. It opens fine but just can't shut under it's own steam. I won't get a chance to have a look today, got to entertain the kids and the weather doesn't look great either.

lyubohar said:

Had the same issue and had to take it to the garage. They disassembled and reassembled it. Greasing it every year since then - no issues.

There's a service combination with the buttons to reset, i believe you have to hold the two buttons together. But didn't fix anything in my case.

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Does someone fancy doing a quick guide of how they grease the roof, and what grease they use out of interest

A good indicator that your roof needs greasing before it completely stops moving is that clicking noise you hear when it's moving.

Whenever I hear that noise, I grease it.

Tad-bravo said:

A good indicator that your roof needs greasing before it completely stops moving is that clicking noise you hear when it's moving.

Whenever I hear that noise, I grease it.

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Got that noise when it's trying to close.

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Does someone fancy doing a quick guide of how they grease the roof, and what grease they use out of interest

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I've downloaded the Elearn manual to get some direction. When the weather is good, I'm off work and free of kids I'll get to it. When I was having a quick look at the manual it recommended using Vaseline on the runners, there must be better than that?

Marcos999 said:

When I was having a quick look at the manual it recommended using Vaseline on the runners, there must be better than that?

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I think Andy Monty was telling me something about silicon grease

Most Easterly Pandas said:

I think Andy Monty was telling me something about silicon grease

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silicone grease is rubber safe and doesn't wash off

I've tried to open it this morning to assess the runners and the drive has broken completely so the bloody thing is now stuck in my drive with a sheet over it and I'm stuck without a car. My Fiat is certainly living up to the stereotype.