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Emergency closing

Emergency closing

It is not normally possible to operated the soft top or soft top cover manually. This is due to the EMF (electromotive force) that is created in the motors when an attempt is made to change their position. To enable raising (closing) the soft top even when their is a fault in the system, such as when the battery is flat, there is an emergency closing function integrated in the soft top system.

There is an emergency closing lever located on the right-hand side behind the rear seat cushion. Moving it from its vertical to horizontal position will activate the emergency closing function. The circuit to the soft top main motors and to the fifth bow motor is cut by a switch on the emergency closing lever at the same time as the soft top cover motor is disengaged from the ratchet in the soft top cover driving mechanism.

Emergency closing is performed as follows:




Put the emergency closing lever in its horizontal position.

Raise the soft top cover.

Raise the soft top without locking it to the windscreen frame.

Lower the soft top cover.

Lower the fifth bow as far as it will go.

Important

The fifth bow cannot be locked during emergency closing. It is kept in position by the EMF created in the fifth bow motor once the emergency closing lever has been returned to its vertical position.




Press down the soft top cover as far as it will go while at the same time returning the emergency closing lever to its vertical position.

Lock the soft top to the windscreen member.




Resetting



Remove the luggage compartment trim on the right-hand side and, if necessary, the right-hand lamp cluster so that it is easier to reach the soft top cover motor.

Re-engage the soft top cover motor in the ratchet in the soft top cover driving mechanism.

Important

The soft top cover motor must be engaged in the ratchet.

Make sure the emergency closing lever wire is slack


Read the diagnostic trouble codes.

Rectify

Important

There is no emergency lowering (opening) function for the soft top.