I'm having the same problem with intermittent top operation.

Prior to this the top operated smoothly with no issues.

What happened with me as I was putting the top down, I had to move the car as I was blocking a person's drive. The engine was on and I moved the car about 30 feet with the top front bow partially raised. The top went down very slowly but sounded strained as it finally finished the cycle.

Now, every time I put the top down, the windows go down and the rest of the operation is still very slow and strained. I went through the procedure of draining the hydraulics...turn the key to on, hold down the top key and while holding the button, turn the key to the off position and hold the button for 5 of more seconds. The top operates but still in a "stuttered" mode and very slowly.

Accordingly to our resident expert, Valk, I need to manually lower and raise the top three time to cycle the hydraulics that Valk . Am I correct???

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HELP!!!