Just purchased a lovely 2.5i, 2007 roadster, the v6 is great and so smooth
However ( there is always is one ) the roof is doing strange things. So I perm have the flashing led when the roof is lowered ( prev owner said its always done since 2 yrs he had ) but has no affect other than an annoying flash when driving. And last night I could not get the roof to open at all, car was running, pulled over in 2 desperate spots, nothing, not even windows down - no noise. So got home feeling like i'd bought a bit of a pup, opened the boot, looked under, push up shelf a bit, then start up again, tried to open and sure enough it opens - phew, and closes, same led as always
So after a bit of searching last night on this forum ( great source of info ) seems the boot micro switch could be the issue, however why would that stop the roof trying to open at all - is that because the car 'thinks' its already open as the switch could be stuck as closed ? Is the micro switch the only feedback for the whole system in terms of open/closed ? When the roof hits the windscreen and motor there takes over and pulls it down, is there no feedback there ?
In summary is this all switch related do you think ? I presume a low battery would not mean it does not even try etc, so after my drive with top up, batt charged a bit, then on next try it had more juice so started ? Surely low battery just means a go slow, its not clever enough to not even try if limited charge ?
And, what does the pump do and what does the motor do - they get talked about as separate things ? Are there any schematic pics or good videos the describe the whole system ? Lots on youtube about have to remove hood/motor etc but not on full system
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However ( there is always is one ) the roof is doing strange things. So I perm have the flashing led when the roof is lowered ( prev owner said its always done since 2 yrs he had ) but has no affect other than an annoying flash when driving. And last night I could not get the roof to open at all, car was running, pulled over in 2 desperate spots, nothing, not even windows down - no noise. So got home feeling like i'd bought a bit of a pup, opened the boot, looked under, push up shelf a bit, then start up again, tried to open and sure enough it opens - phew, and closes, same led as always
So after a bit of searching last night on this forum ( great source of info ) seems the boot micro switch could be the issue, however why would that stop the roof trying to open at all - is that because the car 'thinks' its already open as the switch could be stuck as closed ? Is the micro switch the only feedback for the whole system in terms of open/closed ? When the roof hits the windscreen and motor there takes over and pulls it down, is there no feedback there ?
In summary is this all switch related do you think ? I presume a low battery would not mean it does not even try etc, so after my drive with top up, batt charged a bit, then on next try it had more juice so started ? Surely low battery just means a go slow, its not clever enough to not even try if limited charge ?
And, what does the pump do and what does the motor do - they get talked about as separate things ? Are there any schematic pics or good videos the describe the whole system ? Lots on youtube about have to remove hood/motor etc but not on full system
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