Hi all,
I was wondering if anybody has any experience troubleshooting non-motor related soft top issues. The symptoms are:
- Top doesn't go down at all (windows don't even roll down)
- Top goes up only 1/3 of the way and then stops (this is the only motion I get from it)
- Motor is new, including housing. Fluid is sufficient, no leaks.
- Top moves properly, on its own, with 12V applied directly, in either direction (on the garage floor)
- Front cowl lock motor moves (locks) in either direction with 12V applied directly
- Rear-shelf sensor (in trunk) tested and works properly
- Red-light blinks constantly
- Rear-window defroster doesn't work (indicating that the car thinks the top isn't closed???)
- I checked as much wiring as I could for shorts, broken wires etc... I didn't check the wiring to the top locked/unlocked sensors but did check wiring to locking motor. I checked the wiring to the open/closed sensors on the driver's side pivot... but did not remove the sensors.
It sounds like a wiring problem somewhere or some other electrical sensor issue that causes the top control module to interrupt all movement above 1/3 the way up. It looks very similar to this issue:
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=719790
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated as I am pretty much stuck now...
Thanks!
Rick
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