Hey all, I just picked up a '97 Intrepid ES. It's got some miles on it, but it's been taken care of quite well. One of the few issues I've been having with it, though, is the lack of the gasket that goes around the sunroof. The seal on the window itself seems to be fine, but when driving on the highway, the wind whistling through it can get a bit loud.

Luckily it doesn't leak, but it probably would if I went through a carwash.

Can anyone share a good fix for this? Or maybe instructions of how to pull one off safely from a you-pull yard? Or even a good repair manual that would have this info?

 

Would you be able to post a picture of the missing seal? or where its supposed to be? That would help alot.

Here is what the FSM says about sunroof wind noise:

SYMPTOM—J
Wind noise from sunroof.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
† Front of glass panel too high or rear too low.
† Glass panel not centered in opening.
† Faulty glass panel seal.

Here is the clearest sunroof image that I can find, do any of these parts look like the guilty party? The only seal in the sunroof assembly that keeps out wind and water is the one attached to the glass itself. The rest are to seal off individual components. #52 in the image below is the seal on the glass and it is not serviceable, meaning it has to be replaced with the glass.

 

Thanks for the reply and the pictures.

After looking at it again, the gasket around the window is fine. The issue that I see is that the window does not sit flush when "closed," it falls below the roof of the car. I think the culprits are the springs that I believe are supposed to help support the glass when in a closed position.

Edit: At least we THINK It's the springs. Whatever it is, the sunroof glass is not being supported the correct way at the rear and just falls in, causing that wind noise.

At the moment I've gotten around it by "venting" it, then carefully closing it so it's more or less flush with the roof.