Why won't the sunroof on my 2002 Toyota Avalon close?

There should be a tool that will manually close the sunroof....Remove the Fuse and consult Your Owners manual for the procedure to manually close the roof...........

not sure if a manual close is possible

if weather is an immediate problem some perspex and duct tape is a good solution

best locate the motor and remove the motor or get 12 volts to it
see if it moves

the motor ( 14 ) is towards the front of the sunroof up behind the plastic roof moulding

Sun roofs and moon roofs both have spring loaded guides at opposite sides and if they are worn or loose will affect yours from properly closing

to reset any window open it half way down then
let it fully close and hold the button up for about 10 seconds. do this mithod to all auto windows encloding the sunroof . afterall try them from the driver side

hold the vent button until the roof has "tilted" completely, then hold the open button until the roof has opened completely. the light that reads ASC should now be green and your sunroof should operate normally.

The motor is in the front area of the roof unit.If you can drop the switch and trim around the front of sunroof unit and headliner ,you can can access the sunroof drive motor.The drive shaft of the motor can be turned mannually with an allen wrench which will assist in closing and identifying the problem area.If its hung very badly ...remove the sunroof motor then push the roof closed.

The position of the roof is determined by a pair of small electronic switches pushed up against a gear ajacent to the gear that drives the roof back and forth.

When "calibrating" the roof position to the logic (controller) You need to seperate the motor from the roof asy. command it wide open, then manually slide your roof open. Once close, use a flat-head scrwedriver to push the cords where the gear normally would the rest of the way to the alignment marks.

This is located near the back of the track, the two silver hatch marks on the plastic tilt slide should be just behind the track opening if I'm remembering correctly.

Once everything is lined up, it should work great. If your off by a tooth or two, pull the motor, and move it with the scewdriver, and try again.

It needs to be exact.

the limiter switch on your sunroof has died. common to gm's.

you will have to replace the entire motor assembly as the limiter switch is built into the motor assembly.

you can do it yourself of take it to a reputable reapir shop.

I had same problem but under the interior light there is a manuel nut to shut the sun roof by hand