Panoramic sunroof gasket failing - 2023 Lariat ER

[Rocket808]

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TLDR- rear sunroof gasket failing. took into dealer and “they will get back to me”

so I try to wash my truck by hand every couple of weeks, and noticed this during the weekend wash. Rear panoramic sunroof glass gasket. It has failed on the passenger side, and beginning to fail on the aft drivers side as well.

have any of you had this failure?

1 year (almost to the day, approx 15k miles)

any suggestions to cover this until the dealership returns my request for warranty repair? My expectations is that the warranty will replace it - any thoughts?

 

[ctuan13]

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TLDR- rear sunroof gasket failing. took into dealer and “they will get back to me”

so I try to wash my truck by hand every couple of weeks, and noticed this during the weekend wash. Rear panoramic sunroof glass gasket. It has failed on the passenger side, and beginning to fail on the aft drivers side as well.

have any of you had this failure?

1 year (almost to the day, approx 15k miles)

any suggestions to cover this until the dealership returns my request for warranty repair? My expectations is that the warranty will replace it - any thoughts?

That is definitely not normal. Hopefully the dealership gives you an answer. Just out of curiosity, how are you washing your truck and what are you using to do so?

 

[PreservedSwine]

I’ve seen crows that have an appetite for weatherstripping gaskets. That doesn’t look like a gasket failing. That looks like a gasket that has been destroyed.

 

[Dan C]

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TLDR- rear sunroof gasket failing. took into dealer and “they will get back to me”

so I try to wash my truck by hand every couple of weeks, and noticed this during the weekend wash. Rear panoramic sunroof glass gasket. It has failed on the passenger side, and beginning to fail on the aft drivers side as well.

have any of you had this failure?

1 year (almost to the day, approx 15k miles)

any suggestions to cover this until the dealership returns my request for warranty repair? My expectations is that the warranty will replace it - any thoughts?

Looks like rodent damage, better find out before they eat something more expensive.

 

[kstype]

Ugh - sorry to see this.

My Lariat ER has 41,000 miles on it now and the gaskets are perfectly fine. I live in SE PA and the truck is parked in garage. I would agree with earlier comments - it does seem like damage caused by a bird or rodent tearing at it.

 

[rlbussard]

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TLDR- rear sunroof gasket failing. took into dealer and “they will get back to me”

so I try to wash my truck by hand every couple of weeks, and noticed this during the weekend wash. Rear panoramic sunroof glass gasket. It has failed on the passenger side, and beginning to fail on the aft drivers side as well.

have any of you had this failure?

1 year (almost to the day, approx 15k miles)

any suggestions to cover this until the dealership returns my request for warranty repair? My expectations is that the warranty will replace it - any thoughts?

Definitely looks like something got a hold of the gasket. I have owned a bunch of F150 ICE and 2 Lightnings with sunroofs and I have never seem that happen before.

 

[Adventureboy]

Ford has been making the moon roof for quite a while so failure (at least on the fixed seal) should be rare. I agree it looks more like rodent/bird damage than product failure. Pieces are missing and the remaining seal seems intact. Something is chewing on that. Set up a motion sensor camera on it for some time.

 

[Rocket808]

That is definitely not normal. Hopefully the dealership gives you an answer. Just out of curiosity, how are you washing your truck and what are you using to do so?

Step ladder, hand washed with microfiber mitts for the top. No step ladder for the rest!

 

[Electric_hillbilly]

Mine was replaced yesterday. 13k miles I don't believe I had damage like that but had bad seal and was leaking inside the cabin after a few hours of heavy rain.

No garage though mine is a 100% outdoor truck

 

[DaGriff]

Interesting to see this happen like that. I also have a Lariat with the roof and it is 100% outside, no garage time. Maybe its time to get a shelter?

 

[Rocket808]

Mine was replaced yesterday. 13k miles I don't believe I had damage like that but had bad seal and was leaking inside the cabin after a few hours of heavy rain.

No garage though mine is a 100% outdoor truck

I park mine outside 100% outside too. Los Angeles concrete jungle so not a lot of animals climbing on the truck.

one side of my gasket (that is degraded) is very puffy and soft - almost spongy. The other side (drivers side) is much stiffer feeling. The stiffer side has a spot that is separating from the glass. New photo is the stiffer side and you can see it separating.

For those who had it fixed, what did it cost you?

I’ve seen costs of $2000 or some such for different automobiles. If it is just a silicone gasket then I don’t know why I wouldn’t just use a silicone tube.

but from what many of you are saying - I don’t know why something that animals favor to grub on would be used.

thanks all and keep ideas coming!

 

[Electric_hillbilly]

Mine was covered by warranty $0 out if pocket. Did have to go twice, one for diagnostic and another time when the part arrived. The whole thing took a few weeks but both the diagnosis and installation was about 4 hrs. Dealer is close to work so no significant impact on daily schedule.

Did yours leaked also during the last rains?

I park mine outside 100% outside too. Los Angeles concrete jungle so not a lot of animals climbing on the truck.

one side of my gasket (that is degraded) is very puffy and soft - almost spongy. The other side (drivers side) is much stiffer feeling. The stiffer side has a spot that is separating from the glass. New photo is the stiffer side and you can see it separating.

For those who had it fixed, what did it cost you?

I’ve seen costs of $2000 or some such for different automobiles. If it is just a silicone gasket then I don’t know why I wouldn’t just use a silicone tube.

but from what many of you are saying - I don’t know why something that animals favor to grub on would be used.

thanks all and keep ideas coming!

 

[Rocket808]

Mine was covered by warranty $0 out if pocket. Did have to go twice, one for diagnostic and another time when the part arrived. The whole thing took a few weeks but both the diagnosis and installation was about 4 hrs. Dealer is close to work so no significant impact on daily schedule.

Did yours leaked also during the last rains?

Not that I noticed. I didn’t even notice the gasket issue until this weekend

we did get a lot of recent storms, so maybe I just got lucky

 

[HHI-Lightning]

Thanks for starting this post.

I’ve got a brand new (2 weeks) Lariat, which has been garaged since being purchased. After seeing this post, I checked my moonroof gasket and see extensive deterioration (see pics).

I don’t know how long the truck sat at the dealer before I bought it, but this seems to be a lot more than what an animal could accomplish. Maybe there is a material defect issue???

Off to the dealer asap

 

[jetfixr1]

Thanks for starting this post.

I’ve got a brand new (2 weeks) Lariat, which has been garaged since being purchased. After seeing this post, I checked my moonroof gasket and see extensive deterioration (see pics).

I don’t know how long the truck sat at the dealer before I bought it, but this seems to be a lot more than what an animal could accomplish. Maybe there is a material defect issue???

Off to the dealer asap

ouch! OP's post looks more like a rodent issue. However, your truck looks like its completely dry rotted out.