Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
1) The check engine light has nothing to do with the top, I know of no error code in the top system that lights the CEL.
2) The beeping above 10mph indicates that the top control system has lost track of where in the cycle you are - it is warning you that the cycle is not complete.
One thing I DID NOT make clear (at least I don't think I did) is that moving the top manually without the engine idling will lead to the computer not keeping up with what you are doing. You want the key on (and preferably, the engine idling) when you move the top manually. TRY THIS: Start the car, put the top up and down manually two or three times, COMPLETELY, and the controller should sync.
I have been leaving the engine on when moving the top up and down. As PizzaGuy says, it keeps the control system for the top knowing where the top is. I used to move the top up or down with the engine off and eventually, the control system got mixed up and I had to re-sync it.
I've added one more step to the manual process. After I finish the up or down process, I turn the engine off. I leave the engine off for two minutes. That seems to be the amount of time it takes the control system to go to sleep and the light on the power-up-power-down switch to go out. Once it goes out, (and it always seems to be right at two minutes), then it stays off after I start the engine up. I don't get any beeping at all following that system.