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      09-18-2019, 12:36 PM   #7
ddakarr
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Originally Posted by Huz-Z View Post
This is a weird one. If the top motor had failed, I would expect that when you press the button to lower the roof, it would only unlatch at the windshield header and from there, not lower at all. So perhaps its some other issue as has been noted above, or perhaps the hydraulic fluid is low or is leaking. I think it takes more effort to open the top compared to closing it, which seems to suggest that there could be some mechanical binding going on when closing.

There may be some helpful info on these recent threads; particularly ClearanceDiver's comment:

https://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1651619

and:

https://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1649582
What a coincidence. I also had mine at the dealer for the PCV heater recall shortly before this started happening. Strange.

This confuses me even more.
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