900 Convertible Top Troubleshooting Guide
Inoperative Top/Operational Problems/Unsatisfactory Performance
(Note that problems are listed in order of top operating sequence, beginning with top fully raised)
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
ACTION
12
Top gets caught on interior trim Early interior trim panel not cut at
See page 10
panel on way down
rear edge
13
Top won’t park low enough a. Main motor low limit See page 11-12
b.
Side rail screws loose
c.
Side rail laying on main motor
-
balance link bent
d. B-pillar hinge hitting main mo-
tors when top is lowered
14
Tonneau cover does not close all
a.
Top not down all the way
See page 12
the way
b.
Tonneau latches out of
adjustment
c.
Tonneau motor drive shaft
twisted
15
SID does not beep when top is ful-
a. SID incorrectly programmed
See page 12
ly lowered
b.
Tonneau cover latch
micro-
switches not closing properly
16
First bow has white mark near
First bow rubs on 5th bow latch
See page 13
“grab handle”
motor cover
17 Tonneau cover catches going up
-
Latch Adjustment
See page 13
“snaps” when opening
18
Top stops or hesitates when
rais-
2nd bow is bent
-
flat steel piece
See page 14
ing the top
on the side of the drive link is bent
19 Grinding/ticking when raising top
Tonneau motor not fully engaged
See page 15
20
Top does not go up (rise) evenly
-
Weak main motor
See page 15
one side rises quicker than the
other
21
First bow slams header when rais- a. Top stops misadjusted
See Page 15
ing top (pin alignment ok)
b. Loose screws
22
First bow header pins do not
a. Top stops misadjusted
See page
15-l
6
reach guide holes in header
b. Shim adjustment
c. Loose screws
D
06/09/97
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