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Old Aug 23, 2024 | 12:14 PM
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Default Re: Convertible Top Sensors

Originally Posted by MaxumusTX
Thanks for all the helpful information on the tops. I just got my first roadster. The top on mine appears to function properly however when I close the top it just beeps at me. It appears to close properly with no issues but when I put it in drive it starts beeping at me and I don't know what the issue would be or where to look as everything is latch properly. I stop and lower it and put it back up and it still beeps. No beeps lowering it or when it is lowered and only beeps when it is closed and the light flashes on the button as well. Not sure if this is related or not but after I put my top up and left it with it beeping the battery was dead the next day.
I've never heard of the beeping going on so long it drained a battery.

In any event, the beeping you describe indicates that the PTCM (top controller) does not think the cycle of raising the top finished completely. One item: When putting the top up, DO NOT release the button too quickly, keep pressing for a count of "1,2" after the rear bow latches.

Other than that, I'd suspect a slugging rear bow latch sensor-switch or a bad trunk UNlock sensor (the trunk locks electrically when you start putting the top up or down, and releases the lock when the top is done moving.)
 
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