Hoping to get some advice before I have to take my car to a repair shop. Put the top down and when I tried to put it back up, the hard cover raised up but the top would not move out of the compartment. I ordered the special tool and thinking it might be out of sync, my husband and I raised and lowered the top manually three times (after going through the procedure to release the hydraulic pressure..just in case) but it still would not work. I decided that I should at least just get the top up manually. but when we manually raised the top to the windshield the part with the glass window *sorry I don't know what that part of the top is called* we could not get it to move forward enough for the hard cover to be lowered into place. SO..we gave up and by pressing the DOWN button, it lowered itself back into the compartment, but this time it moved extremely slowly into place. When the convertible is in the stored position and I try to raise it, I can hear noise like it wants to move, but doesn't. I was just wondering what the forum experts might think the issue could be. I wondered if it could be the hydraulic fluid *it's an 05* as I'm not sure when the last time that might have been checked. I purchased it from the original owner in 2012 and I know it hasn't been checked while I've owned it. I went to my mechanic who unfortunately doesn't work on this type of issue and he thought it might be the motor and so am wondering IF that's the case what the cost of a repair to that might cost.