Convertible top --- yikes!
Re: Convertible top --- yikes!
Hey thanks for the in-depth responses. Thanks too for taking the time. I am going to check out all these possible repair solutions. If however I am still perplexed --- does anyone know of a Crossfire repair facility in the greater Atlanta area that would be able to work on this top problem? I have had the car in three different shops locally (south side of Atlanta) with no conclusive results. Thanks for the recommendations.
Re: Convertible top --- yikes!
They're pointing you to Mark Christopher (PizzaGuy on the forum) who is our forum convertible top expert. He lives in Cummins GA. Note that PizzaGuy is one of the responders on this thread . . .
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Re: Convertible top --- yikes!
The reputation is very good on the repair part of the business but is somewhat dubious on the second part.
Re: Convertible top --- yikes!
Pizza Guy, Dan here ... the "yikes" guy. I'm having lots of trouble with my convertible top. I've seen your video .. great --- helped me manually raise and lower. I and others have chased/diagnosed/researched/scratched our heads to solve the mystery of " why she just won't work"! Is there anyone/shop in the Atlanta area you could recommend? I live south of ATL --- Peachtree City. Thanks in advance and HO HO HO!
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I have tried all of the posted fixes except the last one which I will soonest (the wire diagram). And yes CC --- I will drive 76 miles after the new year to take advantage of your expertise. Ill be back in touch if no solution from the newest "fix". Thank you all and HO HO. Yikes!
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Re: Convertible top --- yikes!
I'm headed to Michigan for Christmas. I'll be back late next week.
Check your private messages, I'll send you my phone number, if you can put the top UP but not DOWN with the switch, you have a sensor somewhere that is not telling the TCM that it's safe to start the pump when the top is UP, but is fine when its down.
Gotta be a sensor somewhere. If you have the top all the way up and you grab the handle and turn it, in order to release it from the windshield frame, do the door windows go down? If not, it's the switch in the frame above the windshield. If the windows do down, but the top wont move, we have some homework to do - but the fact that you can put it UP electrically means that this is a sensor somewhere. I'd have to think about it, or simply break out the DVM and start snooping around in the wiring.
Check your private messages, I'll send you my phone number, if you can put the top UP but not DOWN with the switch, you have a sensor somewhere that is not telling the TCM that it's safe to start the pump when the top is UP, but is fine when its down.
Gotta be a sensor somewhere. If you have the top all the way up and you grab the handle and turn it, in order to release it from the windshield frame, do the door windows go down? If not, it's the switch in the frame above the windshield. If the windows do down, but the top wont move, we have some homework to do - but the fact that you can put it UP electrically means that this is a sensor somewhere. I'd have to think about it, or simply break out the DVM and start snooping around in the wiring.
Re: Convertible top --- yikes!
Got a code reader? Find a shop or fellow Crossfire Owner who has a reader that can scan the DRB III info. Betcha it is the problem I described in Post 18 (October 24). Simple to check. Just remove the cover on the inside of the trunk lid, disconnect the described connector and see if the top will go down. Don't forget to close the trunk lid before trying this. I have checked numerous trunk latches and all of them have the problem with the switch. Takes less than 15 minutes to check --- might save you 152 miles, but again 152 miles in a Crossfire is not a bad thing.