convertible top wont go down
I have a 2005 roadster..i will try and explain what is and isn't happening....when I would unlock d ring for top windows would not go down and when pressing the top button on console the red light would flash and beeping would commence and top wouldn't go down....since car was still under warranty I bought it to the dealer in the winter time of course 7 weeks later they say pick up car its fixed so I pick up the car....first nice day about 2 months or so after repair I go to put the top down and exact same thing happens...no windows not top goes down I call them....now mind you car is now off warranty....they say bring it in...I say sure 2 weeks later they say its fixed I go to pick up car...nothing happens...they start scratching heads...they tell me top was going down...I say top isn't going down...nor windows after unlocking d ring...after fuddying around with the switch in the console..i see top go down one time after pushing the button about 50 times....I say that's not good...they say the switch is no good and i say tell you what I will buy new switch for console if it continues its coming back...now I buy a new switch...nothing...no top no windows...now I bring it back...I tell them windows are supposed to go down when d ring is unlatched...now they get a new sensor or switch for the header area where d ring is....they tell me pick up car it works I go to pick up the car... now I get the windows to go down but no top goes down...now everybody is scratching there heads...they still have my car...stopped in yesterday and was told that they are working on it when they can and make adjustments top goes down let it sit a day top doesn't work next day...I haven't seen this just been told this...also been told that they don't know enough about the car to really know what is going on?...I said if it is intermittent its electrical or a sending unit or computer...he just says were trying and leaves me with this...I hope you get the car back by the end of the summer...now there is more to this story...I bought the car in to Chrysler under warranty..the service guy who I dealt with never called in my work to the warranty company so Chrysler never got paid for the work and parts they say they did...and now car is out of warranty and I reuse to pay because it wasn't fixed in first place and they don't want to loose any more money since no one will be paying them so they are taking there time with the vehicle...meanwhile I am driving an old minivan with my car sitting in the shop for 4 weeks now with it not being fixed...let me state divider in the back is up and in proper position and trunk is latched...any help would be great
You should post this in the Roadster section. If they replaced the sensor in the A-Pillar and the windows now go down, I'd check the little sensor for the divider in the trunk.
Also, try putting it down manually for now if you want that wind in the hair, lol.
Also, try putting it down manually for now if you want that wind in the hair, lol.
I have suggested that to them about the switch in the trunk latch but it seems that they don't want to spend the money to get the switch since they are not going to be reimbursed....also but not 100% sure about this but I think this problem started when I had they top down in the halfway position for an hour or so to do repairs on the rear window which was separating from the top....could it be that I have no pressure in the hydraulic system and is there a way to re-pressurize the system?
It will re-pressurize as needed, it's just a matter of getting the pump running.
As pizzaguy said :
1. divider switch
2. switch in the top frame ( just above the passenger's right ear )
3. the trunk latched switch ( part of the trunk latch mechanism )
4. top unlatched switch ( you have already taken care of this one )
As pizzaguy said :
1. divider switch
2. switch in the top frame ( just above the passenger's right ear )
3. the trunk latched switch ( part of the trunk latch mechanism )
4. top unlatched switch ( you have already taken care of this one )
Yea, the hydraulic system is self-correcting/calibrating/etc. No issue there.
I put mine up and down manually from time to time and even leave it halfway up to clean the rear window or, one time, to work on the fuel level sensor in the gas tank!
I've seen the "top open" switch over the passenger's head fail a time or two. They often fall apart - you can look at them and tell they are bad!
I put mine up and down manually from time to time and even leave it halfway up to clean the rear window or, one time, to work on the fuel level sensor in the gas tank!
I've seen the "top open" switch over the passenger's head fail a time or two. They often fall apart - you can look at them and tell they are bad!
Yea, the hydraulic system is self-correcting/calibrating/etc. No issue there.
I put mine up and down manually from time to time and even leave it halfway up to clean the rear window or, one time, to work on the fuel level sensor in the gas tank!
I've seen the "top open" switch over the passenger's head fail a time or two. They often fall apart - you can look at them and tell they are bad!
I put mine up and down manually from time to time and even leave it halfway up to clean the rear window or, one time, to work on the fuel level sensor in the gas tank!
I've seen the "top open" switch over the passenger's head fail a time or two. They often fall apart - you can look at them and tell they are bad!
just an update waiting on the divider sensor/switch to come which should be today or tomorrow then I am going to change that out and see what happens...if still nothing then its to the sensor/switch over the passengers head...then if that doesn't work then it is to the trunk closed sensor and then if that doesn't work it is going to be driven off of a dock and into the ocean to create an artificial reef for the fishies...lol
Simply connecting a meter across the switch leads and activating the switch will tell you if it's working or not, no need to spend the $$$ for new one if the old one is OK.
Ok started working on the switch today didn't know I would be doing this blind since I can't fit into the trunk and you can't see the nuts that hold the switch up...I got one of the nuts 3/4 of the way down the post before taking a break since it took me over an hour to get this far...I am using a small needle nose plier on this thing...I say thing because it doesn't feel like a regular nut that a crescent wrench would fit on...if anyone knows what size or type of nut this is or an easier way to get these nut things off it would be greatly appreciated. ..I am thinking of putting my girlfriends 11 year old son in the trunk and having him have at it for a bit...I think he will fit in the trunk...for now I am taking a break heading to the gym to blow off some steam of this time consuming Fustrating job...I will be waiting with baited breadth for any sort of reply...
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