sunroof shade dissapeared ???

[Corey328]

Hi all .... i am in need of some help . I have a 1999 328 with a sunroof shade issue . I have read in here that it may be a common issue ? Here is the problem .... the shade you draw across the sunroof has dissapeared into my headliner somewhere ?????
I have tried to spot it in there without tearing apart the headliner .... i cant see it anywhere .... like it doesnt have alot of room to go in there ?? Like some others in here my sunroof made a crunching noise and then it got stuck ... i managed to free it up and when i went to open it it literally got sucked in to a black hole in my headliner ????
Any suggestions to get it back out ??? I really dont want to have to take out the headliner as im sure thats quite a chore ??? Has this happened to anyone in here ???
Any help would be greatly appreciated !!

[325isBaby]

Sounds like headliner will have to come out in your case, not being able to even see where the shade went and all. Yes it is a fairly common problem with the earlier E46's, there is an updated sunshade kit that you will have to have installed for the sunroof to work properly again.