Soft Top Getting Stuck

[Nads]

Hi Guys,

 

Needed some help and advice.

 

I hadnt tried my convertible roof for a few months now, since then i had the whole left side of my car painted (3 panels which were removed and painted from car plus bumper). I hadn't checked the roof opening/closing before and after the car returned!

 

When i recently tried to open it, the roof opened fully. I drove around for a while and when i got to the park, i tried closing it, and thats when it wouldn't close. I could hear the hydraulics trying to close it but back panel only opened slightly and wouldn't go further. 

 

I closed it manually.

 

The next day i tried openeing it again with button and now every time, it unlocks the roof and raises an inch but doesn't go further!

 

I tried a manual reset by: Turning the car off, then manually opening roof and closing roof. Started car up again and tried and still nothing worked!

 

This sums up what is currently happening: 

1. if i turn car on i get flashing roof light. Which goes after a few minutes.
2. press the 'roof down' button, windows go down, roof dis-engages then stops after one inch. Storage compartment does not open.
3. Have to press roof button again to close it. 
 

Thanks,

Nads

[Nads]

Any help guys?

 

I just took the car to a garage, he said there was some minor faults appearing on the diagnosis that he reset, but then since then the roof is not opening at all now, on the dashboard a message is appearing saying please lower soft top box!

 

He said he had a look at the soft top box in boot and it seems broken, he said the lever is not sticking in the open state. Hence, the lever is not going to fully open even though the soft top box is dropped down in open state! He said the cable looks like it is broken and audi do not sell the cable on its own. He said i have to buy the whole compartment box at around £500 (incl. labour)!! 

 

Can anyone tell me if this sounds accurate enough before i give him the go ahead?

 

Thanks.

[Tech]

£500 for the storage box sounds accurate but I do not think this is the sole cause of the problem.  Since you had the roof partially working before, it sounds like there is something implausible on one of the soft top switched or the roof bar potentiometer, it is impossible to take a guess at a soft top fault, they take too much manual diagnosis.  The faults that they store are of little help, they require the live data reading and the problem areas then testing manually.  

 

Im afraid thats all I can do without seeing the car, they really are quite in depth.  However,  £500 for a soft top storage box is not going to fully resolve the problem.

 

Tech