Rick121Watson Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 I have a 2008 edge and have been experiencing slow movements for over a year. Yesterday my wife was driving it and would not close on her. It got left open about 1 foot. Stopped and would not close not close no matter what's did. Waited and tried a little later. With her pushing the button and my self trying to manually close at the same time still nothing. Now it will only move about 2 inches forward or back then stops and sounds like gears are grinding. I don't think the re-intialization process will help with this one ( correct me if Im wrong). Anyone have these syptoms. The dealer closed it today for us. But said it would be $1500 in parts alone and does not guarantee it to be fixed. They suggested we shop around. Any help would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick121Watson Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I took the motor apart and the plastic gear inside is partially stripped and gauged its decent ally my problem. Anyone know if you can buy replacement gears instead of the whole motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick121Watson Posted March 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2012 I took the motor apart and the plastic gear inside is partially stripped and gauged its decent ally my problem. Anyone know if you can buy replacement gears instead of the whole motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 I have a 2008 edge and have been experiencing slow movements for over a year. Yesterday my wife was driving it and would not close on her. It got left open about 1 foot. Stopped and would not close not close no matter what's did. Waited and tried a little later. With her pushing the button and my self trying to manually close at the same time still nothing. Now it will only move about 2 inches forward or back then stops and sounds like gears are grinding. I don't think the re-intialization process will help with this one ( correct me if Im wrong). Anyone have these syptoms. The dealer closed it today for us. But said it would be $1500 in parts alone and does not guarantee it to be fixed. They suggested we shop around. Any help would be great. There is a thread on the forum where a guy shows how to fix and maintain the Vista roof. I will try to find it and put a link to it here for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Here's the link to the Vista self repair http://www.fordedgeforum.com/index.php?/topic/4863-problem-fix-for-vista-roof/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick121Watson Posted March 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 Ya I have watched the videos and I know that my main issue is the stripped plastic gear inside the motor. It's a webasto part and wondering of anyone know if you can but parts for the motor sepertally instead of buying a 466 motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted March 26, 2012 Report Share Posted March 26, 2012 It would be a cool idea to see if a CNC shop could fabricate some metal gears to work ithe motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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