FreddieKuga
Member
I've been lurking here for a while - have got an immaculate 2010 3.0 auto in white with the red leather upholstery. I absolutely love the car - spent a long time tracking it down, as it had to be 3.0, had to be white, low miles, 296 wheels, have red leather, sat nav, through loading hatch etc. Had to travel about 200 miles to get this one but it was worth it in the end - I've owned it for about two years now.
The car has behaved itself perfectly and it's perhaps typical that the first issue I've had was caused entirely by me. In a hurry to stick something in the boot and get somewhere, I left my boxed tyre inflator in the bit of the boot where you shouldn't leave anything. Opening the roof a couple of minutes later I was aghast to hear a big graunch and then everything stopped - the tyre inflator had got caught up in the hydraulics on one side and jammed them, leaving the roof half way open and the roof panels looking very skew-whiff, as per the pics.
I think the neighbours might have learned some new swear words around this time.
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to deal with this? I can't drive the car to a dealer with the roof like this, of course, but if I can recover things so that the roof is fully open (or closed), I could then get it to a dealer or somewhere able to fix it properly. Trying to close it using the button does nothing - the roof's sensors have presumably detected that something is amiss. As far as I can see, there's no paintwork damage and I'm keen to keep it that way - I've done enough damage already.
Needless to say, you should always check that there's nothing in those parts of the boot before you close the lid, and I'd been so good at that for the last two years...
Freddie
The car has behaved itself perfectly and it's perhaps typical that the first issue I've had was caused entirely by me. In a hurry to stick something in the boot and get somewhere, I left my boxed tyre inflator in the bit of the boot where you shouldn't leave anything. Opening the roof a couple of minutes later I was aghast to hear a big graunch and then everything stopped - the tyre inflator had got caught up in the hydraulics on one side and jammed them, leaving the roof half way open and the roof panels looking very skew-whiff, as per the pics.
I think the neighbours might have learned some new swear words around this time.
Does anyone have any good ideas on how to deal with this? I can't drive the car to a dealer with the roof like this, of course, but if I can recover things so that the roof is fully open (or closed), I could then get it to a dealer or somewhere able to fix it properly. Trying to close it using the button does nothing - the roof's sensors have presumably detected that something is amiss. As far as I can see, there's no paintwork damage and I'm keen to keep it that way - I've done enough damage already.
Needless to say, you should always check that there's nothing in those parts of the boot before you close the lid, and I'd been so good at that for the last two years...
Freddie
Scotland 🏴
Attleborough, Norfolk
