Originally Posted by
TopHydraulics
Looking forward to reading what you find out, especially with respect to reset procedure.
I have put the top up and down about 100 times manually with the special tool and with the engine running and also with the engine off but key in run position - No change.
Interesting that you can activate the chime by pushing those two switches.
This is the entire point of this thread. It's not "interesting" to me
I don't own an XF, so I cannot verify, but would have thought that you would clearly get a warning if you drove with the top unlatched in the front.
Lol!!! I do get the "Warning!" it's the constant beeping while I'm trying to drive! When the top latched completely = car thinks it's open. When it's unlatched = car thinks it's closed, no beep, all happy. Car is wrong!
The issue I described about the rear bow lock micro switch getting 'untriggered' once the canvas is pulled tight, will come up again in this forum in a few years. It took about 15 years to be an issue with Mercedes R129 SL-Class roadsters, which use similar locks above the windshield. Here is a thread on BenzWorld that tackles the issue:
Soft top closed switches? - Mercedes-Benz Forum
Klaus
No change. Switch was not affected by rear bow, maintained it's position.