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Sunroof is placed in certain high-end vehicles to give user a better driving experience. All automakers are searching alternatives to reduce weight and cost in the vehicle, in which sunroofs are also impacted. Some alternatives are already applied, as a honeycomb paper used in some sunshades that presents benefits, as less weight and with a good cost reduction. Although, due the reduced weight for this part produced in this material, it shows more susceptibility to reproduce the vibration that vehicle propagates in movement, especially in bad condition roads. The sunroof assembly is dependent of the roof reinforcement and roof skin, but in this special case, the validation could be done in the components itself because the interaction of the sunshades is directly dependent of the other sunroof parts, as rails and front frame.

Sunroof is installed in the vehicles to generate a better satisfaction for customer. Normally, the glass is maintained closed or fully opened, when the user would like to exterior air to get in. The glass runs in the sunroof rail that interacts directly with the roof skin and the roof reinforcement, where the whole sunroof structure is fixed. In general, sunroofs are equipped with two stages button, were the final or second stage, more used by users, allows the glass to move until the final position directly, without stops. Even though, the first stage could move the glass according user desire. For validation, the vehicle runs in several roads in order to capture any unusual response given by the sunroof. During specific test validation created, the glass was been positioned in the critical region that by design has the minimum distance against the roof flange.

Squeak and rattle are two undesirable occurrences during component operation and during vehicle driving condition, resulting in one of the top complains from costumers. One common grievance could happen during the user exterior handle operation and during side door closing. The exterior handle system during the operation could generate a squeak between interface parts, if materials and geometric tolerances was not been carefully designed. Also, vibration generated during door closing effort, might generate squeak between parts since the reinforcement for exterior handle touches the outer sheet metal internally. For this reason several guidelines might be included to avoid potential noise condition for this system during vehicle lifetime as correct material reduce friction between parts, taking into consideration the geometric condition between parts. Plus, coupling system on handles two pieces should also be evaluated to avoid squeak during use.

Generally, exterior handles are one of the first parts that the user has physical interaction in the vehicle. A robust handle concept gives the user the idea of trust and good quality vehicle as first impression. Exterior handles, in which the concept is a handle body operated by applying a horizontal pull force, always pivoted in the front end and sliding against a reinforcement rail at rear end, are called strap handles. The kinetics seems to be simple, nevertheless special attention must be given regarding the interaction materials used in this system. Various plastic materials used in this system are subjected to water absorption at molecular level, changing their internal structure, resulting in swell and consequently a volume increase. This phenomenon that modifies the dimensions is known as hygroscopic expansion. In one hand, handles must present reduced wobble and free play.