Thread: top wont go up
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Old 11-30-2012, 12:39 PM
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Mein Auto: '99 M3 Cab & '05 X5 4.8is
If the car is a '97 or newer it has a fully auto top, which means the part that connects the front edge of the top to the windshield has a motor inside the top to latch it. If the top worked to that point and then stopped, it could be something as simple as a fried motor. Or it could be broken linkage cables. If that's the case, you'll have to open it up and replace them. There should be more than one thread on that subject around here somewhere. Be thankful the top is not closed with broken cables...
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Sorry. I'd imagine Seattle is a-hella-nother country.
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