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Convertible top won't close

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YOUR RESEARCHConvertible top won't close

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hand brake fuse

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Reported cause

When mine stopped working completely, it was the hand brake fuse.

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Convertible top won't close
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Check dash, if no light is

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Suggestion

Pull your brake up and check the dash, if no light is on, that is what it is.

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Leading evidence: 'hand brake fuse' (1 discussions report identifying this cause; no attributable repair resolution). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'hand brake fuse' (1 discussions; 1 report identifying it and 0 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Check dash, if no light is' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Check fuse

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

I did all the usual checks : hand brake on, rear decklid properly closed, even checked the fuse.

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Convertible top won't close

Install hardtop, the warning light

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

When I installed the hardtop, the warning light for the softtop (on the lower part of the dash) came on.

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Convertible top won't close

Check dash, if no light is

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Suggestion

Pull your brake up and check the dash, if no light is on, that is what it is.

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Convertible top won't close
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Check dash, if no light is

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Suggestion

Pull your brake up and check the dash, if no light is on, that is what it is.

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Convertible top won't close

Check fuse

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

I did all the usual checks : hand brake on, rear decklid properly closed, even checked the fuse.

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Convertible top won't close

Install hardtop, the warning light

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster

When I installed the hardtop, the warning light for the softtop (on the lower part of the dash) came on.

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Convertible top won't close
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These are separate views of the same evidence. Frequency alone does not establish a fix, and these counts must not be added together.

hand brake fuse

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Reported cause

When mine stopped working completely, it was the hand brake fuse.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

All, Was wondering whether anybody can point me in the right direction. For the past month I've been driving my 2000 C2 with the hardtop mounted. When I installed the hardtop, the warning light for the softtop (on the lower part of the dash) came on. Since nothing out of the normal had happened during the installation process, I paid no further attention to it. Yesterday I took the hardtop off and went for a ride in sunny Georgia To my surprise I was not able to close the softtop once I arrived at my destination.The thing just won't move. I did all the usual checks : hand brake on, rear decklid properly closed, even checked the fuse. Everything was in fine order. Anybody can point me in the right direction before I take it in ?

POST 3Original post

When mine stopped working completely, it was the hand brake fuse. Pull your brake up and check the dash, if no light is on, that is what it is.

POST 4Original post

That happened to me once when the top was not 100% down before I put the top on. Try pulling the hand break and pushing the "top down" button for a second to see if the light goes off and it resets, then try putting it back up.

POST 5Original post

did this ever get resolved? im having the same exact issue.

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