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tenderidol · Jun 22nd, 2005, 09:07 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffro

Hello,

Here's a weird one....

I have owned a Dec. 2003 Build MCS for about 1.5 years, and today is the first time that I noticed that the sunroof switch is installed backwards. Does anyone else have this? The 'solid arrow' closed icon is toward the back of the car, and the 'hollow arrow' open icon is toward the front. Also, the button for 'tilt open' is upside down as viewed from the driver's seat. How strange... It should not have been touched since it left Oxford, so I guess it was built this way. Can it be easily corrected by removing and turning the switch 180 degrees?

Thanks,
Jeffro

I have the exact same thing... I noticed it right after I picked up the car (May 2003) and thought it was weird. About a year later, when my sunroof cassette was being replaced, I pointed that out to the technician while the whole roof was disassembled and the switch was just dangling from the roof. Of course I asked him to just "reverse" it and put it back. He said he could not do anything, since it required chaning something in the circuitry... I was in a hurry and did not want to insist; so, it is still backwards.
I guess another "quirk" of MINI ownership

Jun 22nd, 2005, 09:07 AM	#3
tenderidol MINI2 Regular Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Los Angeles Local Time: 12:50 PM Posts: 139 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Jeffro Hello, Here's a weird one.... I have owned a Dec. 2003 Build MCS for about 1.5 years, and today is the first time that I noticed that the sunroof switch is installed backwards. Does anyone else have this? The 'solid arrow' closed icon is toward the back of the car, and the 'hollow arrow' open icon is toward the front. Also, the button for 'tilt open' is upside down as viewed from the driver's seat. How strange... It should not have been touched since it left Oxford, so I guess it was built this way. Can it be easily corrected by removing and turning the switch 180 degrees? Thanks, Jeffro I have the exact same thing... I noticed it right after I picked up the car (May 2003) and thought it was weird. About a year later, when my sunroof cassette was being replaced, I pointed that out to the technician while the whole roof was disassembled and the switch was just dangling from the roof. Of course I asked him to just "reverse" it and put it back. He said he could not do anything, since it required chaning something in the circuitry... I was in a hurry and did not want to insist; so, it is still backwards. I guess another "quirk" of MINI ownership