My name is Kevin and my wife Linda and I own a 2006 Crossfire convertible. We recently had some issue with leaking in the hydraulics of the convertible top so I purchased the rebuilt cylinders from Klaus at Top Hydraulics and took it to my mechanic to replace the linking cylinders but he was unable to get the top working properly. He took it to another mechanic who supposedly had a machine to reprogram the top, but upon this reprogramming found the top was still not operating so they determined I needed a new power top control module (PTCM). However, this part is no where to be found and nobody rebuilds them so we are left with a convertible top that won't work. My only hope is to find a PTCM that somebody has available that may be parting out their car or if someone know of a solution to my problem. Feedback welcomed, Kevin 353-571-8507.

 

I have seen them on Ebay although I.m not certain that is the problem. Have you tried putting your top down and up manually? Try doing that three times with the engine running and see what happens. What happens when you push the button?

 

My mechanic has had the car for three weeks!

 

I'm just curious because there is no programming of the top and I'm not sure they know what they are doing. Anyway if you want to purchase a PTCM anyway, look on Ebay. Good luck.

 

cappak,

What ZERACER said. I just went through replacing all the hydraulics and tonneau cover lock. The top could be out of sync. You owe it to yourself to get familiar with the manual raise and lower of the top. Do you have the factory wrench which allows you to do this? If not you need a thin 10mm open end wrench and a 6mm hex wrench. Car must be running to minimize electrical load on all the modules. Do a complete lowering and raising of the top 3.times. This complete includes locking down the top bow to the tonneau cover from inside the trunk using that hex key when you raise it up, top up. After 3 complete cycles of down and up, then try pushing the button to lower the top. The PTCM is probably OK. You said the only reason the top was inoperative was leaky cylinders. There's been no evidence of water in the pump well, driver's side rear, right?

One other thing to mention 'cause it happened to me is the bow lock assy needed to be adjusted. That part has a mounting bracket that is slotted. My top would not complete it's cycle until I loosened the 3 bolts and raised up the lock mechanism then tightening her down.

Let us know if this helps.

Regards,

 

Many thanks, I am going over there today to see what I can find out.

 

FYI, the mechanic took my Crossfire to another mechanic that put it on a special Chrysler monitor that generated a printout showing all electronics in the vehicle. Two sensors are reading opposite of what they are supposed to be reading and he thinks the problem is in the power top control module (PTCM). This is beyond anything I'm aware of. I asked if it's possible the sensors might have been switched when replacing the hydraulics but they said that can't be done. I don't know.

 

I replaced all of my cylinders with the ones Klaus provided. It is possible to switch the lower and upper sensors on some of the cylinders. Not easy, but possible.
I do remember that some of the cylinders have only one sensor.
I had no top problem prior to replacing the cylinders except that both main lift cylinders were leaking.
The hydraulic fluid reservoir in the trunk will have to be watched closely after cylinder replacement as it will take a while for all cylinders to be at normal operating level.
I did not have to do any "re-programming" of anything. I first disconnected the negative battery cable, released the top at the windshield, manually unlocked the bow lock
and the tonneau cover lock, raised the rear bow and tonneau cover and propped them up and removed the top control module just to lay it over to get it out of the way.
I did not disconnect any hydraulic lines at the pump. I did disconnect the electrical plug at the top control module. Again, this is only to get the top control module out of
the way. It's difficult to get to the left main lift cylinder lower fastener with it in the way. Failure to remember to re-connect the electrical plug would most certainly result in
major top operation disruption.
My first attempt at operation after replacing the cylinders had a fair amount of pausing due to fluctuating fluid level. It was about the third or fourth full cycle operation
before the top operated smoothly up and down. I had to add fluid to the reservoir a couple of times. Klaus told me that the reservoir level should be max line with the top
down and locked and norm line with the top up and locked. (Hope I don't have that backwards. At 74 it's pretty easy to do.)

 

I agree, having also replaced cylinders. It is possible to revers the sensors on the left main cylinder. They each have an identifying code on the to prevent that.