Help: Convertible Top Stuck!?!?!?
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You guys should know that the top can be moved (providing all is well) from the drivers door key in the lock. Hold key to right and the top should move.. Same if you hold key to the left left. When mine would fail or flash on the dash, it would work from the door then all was well (for a time haha) Just a thought.
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911 top won't go down hood light on dash on even though closed
Thought might be fuse...turned out all I had to do was change the battery in my key fob. Everything works now and light has gone out.
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Convetible stuck Windows won't do anything at all
I have a 2001 carrera 4 cab. I'm going through the same thing. My convertible top will not close all the way. I managed to manually ( and carefully) close the soft top. But the clam shell would not close, so I manually closed that too. I can tell its not closed all the way though because when I'm driving it sounds like there is a hole in the top or something and air is getting in. The convertible light on the dash is on as well. I have no idea what to do. Any ideas? I went to porsche and they said it could cost up to $12,000! I just paid that to rebuild my engine to I don't have any money left! The top is complicated and any help would be great.
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Whats up guys ... had the same problem last summer ... top went down, no problem ... when top was going back up .. it got about 12 inches away from the clam clamp and stopped ... I went to a local porsche repair shop ... guy tells me its the motor and the eye needs to be replaced ... $1000 bucks he quoted me ... I went home and squirted some WD40 in the eye area to clean it (thought it might be dirty) PRESTO! top goes back up no problem ... only thing is the red light for the top is on when I start the car ... once I actually start to drive .. it goes back off ... any suggestions?
I just been dealing with it because the top seems to be working fine ... rather spend the money on a new exhaust
I just been dealing with it because the top seems to be working fine ... rather spend the money on a new exhaust
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Whats up guys ... had the same problem last summer ... top went down, no problem ... when top was going back up .. it got about 12 inches away from the clam clamp and stopped ... I went to a local porsche repair shop ... guy tells me its the motor and the eye needs to be replaced ... $1000 bucks he quoted me ... I went home and squirted some WD40 in the eye area to clean it (thought it might be dirty) PRESTO! top goes back up no problem ... only thing is the red light for the top is on when I start the car ... once I actually start to drive .. it goes back off ... any suggestions?
I just been dealing with it because the top seems to be working fine ... rather spend the money on a new exhaust
I just been dealing with it because the top seems to be working fine ... rather spend the money on a new exhaust
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From: Sherman Oaks, CA
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I have a 2001 carrera 4 cab. I'm going through the same thing. My convertible top will not close all the way. I managed to manually ( and carefully) close the soft top. But the clam shell would not close, so I manually closed that too. I can tell its not closed all the way though because when I'm driving it sounds like there is a hole in the top or something and air is getting in. The convertible light on the dash is on as well. I have no idea what to do. Any ideas? I went to porsche and they said it could cost up to $12,000! I just paid that to rebuild my engine to I don't have any money left! The top is complicated and any help would be great.
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