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      12-28-2011, 10:49 PM   #2
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Drives: R8, 996 C2, Z4MR (sold)
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Sounds like a mechanical block. Unlatch the top (hold down the open button until it's unlatched and then release), then pull the red tab in the trunk to release the hydraulic fluid. Then try opening and closing manually and see if it goes all the way down when you close it 4/5 the way and let it fall down slowly. My top died the exact same way: at first it wouldn't completely latch, then it started going down less and less until one day it wouldn't work at all. The dealer told me it was a broken bolt inside but who knows.

Edit: also make sure the canvas folds properly. That can also prevent it from going all the way down.
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