Top will reach a point just before opening completely....will not go any farther....the trunk part that opens and hides the top is where is gets stuck....worked fine for the past year...then would stick occassionally....but after re-starting the car or closing and re-opening it would work.... now will get stuck in the position as described above....and go no farther....please help....
SOURCE: convertible top sticks, will not fully open
The support bar right above your head has 2 elastic bands attached to it, one on the drivers side and one on the passenger side. After time they lose their elasticity and don't pull this bar (the one with the top attached to it) down when you retract. If it doesn't pull down, it will stay up (forward) as the frame retracts and get jammed up in the rest of the frame. Worst case it will pop the metal clip which holds the center of the cloth top to it (it is the length of the bar and spot welded to it) off. It will also put holes in your top on both sides as they don't fold down under and instead get crimped in the frame. Temp solution is to push that bar down as it retracts. Permanent solution is to repair the elastic sooner than later before it wrecks havoc with the whole frame and motor.
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