Sunroof won't stay closed

[Mancha]

Hope there is any easy fix. Opened my sunroof this morning due to the great weather but when I tried to close it, it gets 95% of the way there and springs back open like it hit something. Both tracks are clear and I've even attempted to hold the wind deflector down and it still kicks open.

I did the emergency close procedure listed in the manual and it closes but never goes flush with the top of the car.

Any ideas?

[amz]

Sounds like you could have something jammed in the armatures, like a leaf or a Maple 'twirly' seed pod.

[DGVR6]

Did you ever grease up the rails? I had that same problem, air compressor and some lubricant fixed it.

Could be that somethings jammed also.

[mmm def]

If it's not sitting flush with the emergency close then something is blocking it

[Mancha]

Checked again today after work and there was a small plastic piece jammed in there. Not sure how it got there but after I took it out the roof closed.

Thanks for the help.

[amz]

Did you ever grease up the rails?

Seriously, this. I grease mine every other summer. If you go to the dealership you can usually ask to borrow a can of the stuff and grease the sunroof + rails, it takes literally 30s and 1-2oz of fluid (better than buying the can for $90...)

Or ask them to grease the sunroof while you're in for service.

edit: I had a squeaky sunroof that was driving me mad, greased it up and haven't heard from it since.

[draekin13]

This has happened on all 3 Audis I have owned. Like others have said it needs to be a part of normal maintenance greasing the rails, I also had a sensor go bad on the B6 A4 I had.