Mercedes Slk Roof Wont Open

I tried to open the roof on my 1998 slk230 kompressor last night but it would not go through the cycle.

Mercedes slk roof wont open.

If you are going to open the roof as a first action boot lid will open to backward let boot lid fully open and stop operating. Klaus from top hydraulics inc goes over some common issues and easy fixes for a malfunctioning or non responsive convertible top system on a mercedes r170 s. If you cannot get the. This hardtop is operated by pulling up on a switch to open it or pressing the switch down to close it.

Slk roof won t open. If you own a hard top mercedes convertible such as the sl class and slk class or a soft top convertible such as the clk e class and are having issues with the convertible top this article may help you. Posted by anonymous on jan 22 2012. Found a slk owner that had a similar problem and had some broken cables.

I took the car to a nearby mercedes dealership this morning and the roof worked fine for them. The sl500 comes with a variety of features such as a retractable hardtop. Clicking this will make more experts see the question and we will remind you when it gets answered. The windows went down and the trunk section went up but after that there was a whirring sound and nothing.

R230 roof wont open discussion in electrics vacuum ignition and ecu started by dj mastergrind aug 11 2015. 45 people reported this problem. Mercedes benz owners mbo forum exists for the benefit of owners of mercedes benz cars. Mercedes convertible top won t go up or down.

Problems mercedes benz slk230 roof won t open close correctly. Hi all have an issue with the roof not opening on my slk story is i opened the roof to grease the mechanism and stopped it half way through its cycle for a few minutes the decided that i would take a closer look online as what points exactly need lubricating so then closed the roof again after it had its cycle which it closed ok after i noted where to lubricate i came back out to find. Position switches for the vario roof can fail causing the roof to stop in the process of opening or closing. Owning a convertible mercedes benz is fun and exciting until the convertible top stops working.