Soft top problem

[donwhitehead]

Problem is that when I try to lower the soft top I get a message to check top storage.
As far as I can check the storage is clear but I can't lower the soft top.
Is there a manual way to open the soft top cover

[OptimusPrime]

I'm sorry but I'm not familiour with the 'error' message you are getting.  However on a 900 convertable there was a point in the boot that you fitted a 'crank' into, and could manually wind the hood up or down if the electric motor failed.  I think the crank was with the spare tyre and there was a flap in the boot carpet that hid the insertion point.  Sorry I can't be exact but it was rather a long time ago, and unfortunately not my car.

[sgould]

I don't have a convertible, but I hear that sometimes there is a break in the cable that lifts and lowers the storage bag for the hood in the boot.  This failure can give an error.  Is it this one?  Is the bag just stuck?

[sinman]

The menual method differes depending on your model. Fo rmy 2002 93 this is the way to manually open the roof.

1 Tip the backrests of the front seats forward.
2 Unlock the rear-seat backrest with the ignition key just outboard of the left rear headrest and tip it forward.
3 Remove the round rubber cover over the hydraulic valve.
4 Open the valve about half a turn anticlockwise.
5 Open the trunk lid.
6 Take out the wheel lug wrench.
7 In the soft top tonneau mechanism and inside the trunk lining on the right-hand side, is a hole into which the straight part of the tool is to be inserted; see the figure.
8 Unlock the tonneau cover by pulling the tool backwards. The cover should lift half an inch or so (a centimeter or so).
Remove the tool. Close the trunk lid.

[chris aka zaphod]

Check that the storage area is fully pulled down.
1mm out will not do! (it's that sensitive)
HTH

[Alan]

On my 07 vert if the storage area is blocked by anything that stops it dropping all the way I don't get the warning until after the rear window has lifted and the cover has opened.
     Alan

[Baxlin]

On my 07 vert if the storage area is blocked by anything that stops it dropping all the way I don't get the warning until after the rear window has lifted and the cover has opened.
     Alan

My 06 car's the same, and it's embarrassing if you've taken a chance and tried to open the roof while waiting at traffic lights...............