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YOUR RESEARCH2000 cabriolet top issues
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Check parking brake indicator and it is not coming
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Just checked the parking brake indicator and it is not coming on with the parking brake.
Leading evidence: 'Check parking brake indicator and it is not coming' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check engine lid' (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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Like I said before, the top does work, open and close, when I use the key in the door lock. My wife said it worked yesterday for her.
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Check engine lid
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Check other two items, try swapping out the dash switch
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Suggestion
Before checking the other two items, try swapping out the dash switch with one of the other switches.
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You might try cleaning the existing switch with electronics "tuner cleaner" or similar, but the switch is an inexpensive part.
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Just went to operate the cabriolet top from the switch inside and it would not operate. I could hear 2 light clicking noises from behind the rear seats but the top would not operate. I put the key in the door lock to operate it and it operates normal, both open and close. but still will not operate from the switch.
when I hold the switch tha top indicator on the instrument panel flashes 4 times.
any thoughts?
2000 c2 cabriolet
How many miles on the car? Just curious how often the top went through the up and down motion.
On mine before I bought it, the owner found that the top was not working. They determined that "lifting bolt fell out and resecured it. 480 IP".
I had a similar problem recently on my 2000 C4 cab. After researching here and on Renntech, I checked the known side flap problem and also added some hydraulic fluid. Neither solved the problem. Turned out the dash switch had gone bad. Simple $17 fix. Before checking the other two items, try swapping out the dash switch with one of the other switches.
only 48000 miles. Just bought it 2 weeks ago, and the top has been working fine every day until now. Like I said before, the top does work, open and close, when I use the key in the door lock.
My wife said it worked yesterday for her.
Happened to me, swore it was something wrong with the top. Check the engine lid. Mine was not completely closed. Lookec closed, but a simple pop the trunk and then close it was all that was necessary.
hopefully yours will be a similar fix
It is under the parking brake handle inside the center console assembly. It is a bit of a pain to replace, as there is little room in which to work. You must remove the center console to gain access. Do a search on center console removal to see if you can find a link to instructions.
just go to B&M website and download the instructions for the short shifter installation. The first part deals with center console remove to gain access to the shifter, and ergo, the parking brake handle base.
It is a Porsche part. Don't know the part #. You might try cleaning the existing switch with electronics "tuner cleaner" or similar, but the switch is an inexpensive part.
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