Roof Open Switch

I've found this one referred to in the service documents as the "Roof Open Switch" and as the "Top Open Switch". Describing where this switch is seems to be almost impossible. We tell people it's "over the passenger's head" and that's close - but it really IS hard to see when the top is up. (It's impossible to see when the top is down, as the top is buried in the trunk!) But a simple picture will fix that.
Let me show you the switch and then I will explain why it exists.


In this photo, the top is partway down, if you just pop the top from the frame with the "D" handle, it is almost impossible to see - but now you know where to look!


Here is a closer look. The arrow points to the switch. Note that there is a 'hanging down thing'. This is the switch in the relaxed position. That 'thing' is called a 'cam'. When the top is pulled down and the "D" handle is rotated to clamp the top to the windshield frame, that cam is pressed up and the little button on the switch is pressed.



Here, I am pressing on the cam so it is now positioned like it would be if you had the top up, closed and latched. Note how the arrow is pointing to the little white button on the switch and it is pressed.


Now you know where the divider and top open switches are. Let's now see what they do, and how to determine if they are working right.