Roof button - no lights?

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Jez_m

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Haven't used the roof for a while.. today, went to put it down and pressed the button.. nothing! No light, no movement, nothing!
Have had a replacement roof motor relocated to the boot so pretty sure thats not the issue. Have'nt had a look at fuses yet.. but is this something that commonly blows?

Thanks
 
First thing is to check is that the parcel shelf in the boot is correctly seated. If its levers have put put in the up position to allow more space in the boot then your symptoms will be what you get. Hopefully a two minute fix.
 
Mike6 said:
First thing is to check is that the parcel shelf in the boot is correctly seated. If its levers have put put in the up position to allow more space in the boot then your symptoms will be what you get. Hopefully a two minute fix.
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The shelf up/switch failed/switch disconnected gives an amber light, rather than no light.
 
As above, the shelf being up would illuminate the light on the switch. However, I have had a case where the shelf switch wiring was faulty and no lights illuminated.

You need to check that the roof module is getting power and communicating. Easiest way to do this is to pull fuse no 12 and check it. Then if the fuse is ok, turn the ignition to position 2, wait a couple of seconds and then put the fuse back in whilst watching the leds on the roof button switch. If the module is powering up and coming online to the canbus network, the red led will come on for half a second or so. If that's ok, then try it again as sometimes the system loses track of the position of the roof and latching motor in relation to each other in which case the roof module shuts down as a failsafe.

If that didn't work, but you did get the momentary led when inserting the fuse, I would then pull and check fuse no 31 which supplies the latching motor.

After checking the switch and fuse as above, further investigation really needs a diagnostic check as a starting point otherwise you end up stabbing in the dark.

Mike
 
Mike6 said:
Well done Steve, I stand corrected. Could it be that a connecter has worked loose on the motor.
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No, in this case you would get the red light as the windows dropped and the roof unlatched, but then no actual movement.

Mike
 
I had the same problem, eventually I found a wire in the roof running to the latch motor had broken.
 
So i've got flashing roof top red light, the buttons do nothing at all. Roof is unlatched at the front, when i press the roof close on the key fob (unlock unlock lock) it activated the front motor which locks it in then releases it again!! as per video above link.

Microswitch seems fine, metal clip is engaging when shelf goes down.

So i am stuck with a car that has the roof unlatched and a week of commuting ahead of me! great.
 
You appear to have a gaptech type device fitted, so I'd remove that an see if cures the problems, it may be a bad connection or a faulty unit
 
found the torx bolt that latches the roof, so have manually tightned that down, so at least i have a fully closed roof!

CHecked the gaptech connections, all good.
 
Jez_m said:
found the torx bolt that latches the roof, so have manually tightned that down, so at least i have a fully closed roof!

CHecked the gaptech connections, all good.
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Are they soldered connections or the crimps that shear into the cable
 
they are crimped on connections. Had a good look / feel of all of them and they seem fine. Lost the light now, but could be worth re-doing them.. although as they haven't been disturbed i would be suprised if they could just suddenly lose connection.

Had my roof motor re-located to the boot (refurbed replacement) about 2 yrs ago. Hoping it's not that already!

Just have red light flashing, no window drop down, nothing! hmmmm
 
Changed over micro switch to brand new replacement.. disconnected battery to reset everything... and now, no roof lights, no action... nothing!!! Hmmmm

Any ideas anyone?

Cheers
 
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