Re: Trunklid Jammed
TIME FOR AN UPDATE!
Ok, I still say the emergency release is a problem, but I just got back from an 1800 mile trip. The evening before I left, it happened again, the trunklid would not open.
Of course, I was disgusted. But what is this? I removed the emergency release (which operates a PLASTIC cam in the middle of all of that metal in the latch assembly). What else could it possibly be?
Well, it was time to get to the bottom of it. I hit the button (top was up), raised the rear widow and decklid. I then crawled in and took off the trim cover from the trunklid. I saw the "rouge" piece of plastic jamming the lock and moved it aside. I then hit the button and closed the decklid and lowered the window.
Now, opening the trunk, I made up my mind to get to the bottom of this sillyness.
Taking all 14 nuts and bolts out, I removed the entire latch/lock assembly. GUESS WHAT! That was no "rouge" piece of plastic after all! The plastic I moved aside was the cam from the "electric cam lock".
See, our cars have TWO locks - the pneumatic lock and an electric cam lock. The cam lock (as I call it) is activated by the electronics when you hit the top button. This lock makes it impossible for someone to open the trunk during the 23 seconds it takes you to put the top up or down!
WHAT WAS REALLY WRONG:
The electric cam was not retracting all the way when the top was done moving - the cam motor/assembly is defective. In order to leave for my trip, I removed the two screws securing the cam assembly to the lock mechanism and tie-wrapped the mechanism to the trunklid so that it could go in and out all it wants to without interfering with the trunk latch.
I still think the emergency release is a potential problem, but now I KNOW that my problem was the electric cam for the "top movement lock".
Hope this helps anyone who has a problem with their Roadster's trunklid.
Last edited by pizzaguy; May 18, 2010 at 08:52 AM.