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ToddB · 07-02-2012, 04:37 PM

When I drive for a while then stop to put my top up the left side goes up about 6 to 8 inches before the other side moves then the right side catches up. It makes me think its going to break something. Does anyone else see this on your convertible.

spikess581 · 07-02-2012, 05:25 PM

It is catching on something probably the water bag get it fixed before you bend the 5th bow

ToddB · 07-02-2012, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by spikess581

It is catching on something probably the water bag get it fixed before you bend the 5th bow

When i lift it by hand it does not seem to be catching on anything. I did it several times and i dint find anything catching?

spikess581 · 07-02-2012, 06:56 PM

When you lift it manually you are not moving the entire mechanism. It would be the last bow that has the extra load on it from interference. Catching was maybe not the right word but do not cycle it until the dealer looks at it.

Michael Rophone · 07-02-2012, 11:06 PM

Did this just start happening and was working correctly before?
Or did you just get the car and it's always done this?

ToddB · 07-03-2012, 09:15 AM

I never noticed it before last week. I had the car from new. Do all your tops start up even. I can go from inside the trunk and push it up and I don't feel anything catching. I think the rams that lift the top are not independent from one another cause I can stop the stop a foot up from closed and push one side down a little and it causes the other side to rase so I think the top just floats between the two rams.

Bodih · 07-03-2012, 09:34 AM

I took mine in for the top TSB's and talked to them about the same thing. I've noticed the one side starts to rise ahead of the other. Once, the passenger side came up over a foot with the drivers side still in the well. If the wife hadn't seen it and yelled I don't know how far it would have gone. Now I watch it in the mirror everytime I raise it. I've never found any obstruction, or interference from the water bag. Of course the service techs said it was "normal". There's been no damage to the bows, and the top still docks square with the windshield. I had it documented in my service records, and I'll have it looked at again before the warranty expires.

ToddB · 07-03-2012, 10:20 AM

Thanks for that info. I will keep a eye on mine. Other than this my car has been fantastic.

bulllett · 07-03-2012, 06:14 PM

I'd bring it in for at least documantation.

Any old convertible owner will tell (and I fit both those descriptions

) that it is not a good thing for the top to go up unevenly. Regardless of the reason, it puts stress on the whole mechanism.

This problem should be addressed.

07-02-2012, 04:37 PM	#1
ToddB Drives: 2011 2SS Convertible Supercharged Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: WI Cert Welder Navy NSSN Posts: 1,157	Does your top start going up uneven? When I drive for a while then stop to put my top up the left side goes up about 6 to 8 inches before the other side moves then the right side catches up. It makes me think its going to break something. Does anyone else see this on your convertible.

07-03-2012, 09:34 AM	#7
Bodih I Got My Orange Crush Drives: it like I stoles it... Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 2,079	I took mine in for the top TSB's and talked to them about the same thing. I've noticed the one side starts to rise ahead of the other. Once, the passenger side came up over a foot with the drivers side still in the well. If the wife hadn't seen it and yelled I don't know how far it would have gone. Now I watch it in the mirror everytime I raise it. I've never found any obstruction, or interference from the water bag. Of course the service techs said it was "normal". There's been no damage to the bows, and the top still docks square with the windshield. I had it documented in my service records, and I'll have it looked at again before the warranty expires. __________________ My love is in league with the freeway. Its passion will ride, as the cities fly by, and the tail-lights dissolve in the coming of night. And the questions in thousands take flight ~Robert Plant - Big Log~

07-02-2012, 05:25 PM	#2
spikess581 Drives: IOM2SSconvertible,64 malibu,04fxdwg Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bristol Pa Posts: 356	It is catching on something probably the water bag get it fixed before you bend the 5th bow

07-02-2012, 06:56 PM	#4
spikess581 Drives: IOM2SSconvertible,64 malibu,04fxdwg Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bristol Pa Posts: 356	When you lift it manually you are not moving the entire mechanism. It would be the last bow that has the extra load on it from interference. Catching was maybe not the right word but do not cycle it until the dealer looks at it.

07-02-2012, 11:06 PM	#5
Michael Rophone Drives: Yes Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PA Posts: 646	Did this just start happening and was working correctly before? Or did you just get the car and it's always done this?

07-03-2012, 09:15 AM	#6
ToddB Drives: 2011 2SS Convertible Supercharged Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: WI Cert Welder Navy NSSN Posts: 1,157	I never noticed it before last week. I had the car from new. Do all your tops start up even. I can go from inside the trunk and push it up and I don't feel anything catching. I think the rams that lift the top are not independent from one another cause I can stop the stop a foot up from closed and push one side down a little and it causes the other side to rase so I think the top just floats between the two rams.

07-03-2012, 10:20 AM	#8
ToddB Drives: 2011 2SS Convertible Supercharged Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: WI Cert Welder Navy NSSN Posts: 1,157	Thanks for that info. I will keep a eye on mine. Other than this my car has been fantastic.

07-03-2012, 06:14 PM	#9
bulllett Drives: 2012 Camaro Convertible Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: East Hampton, CT Posts: 421	I'd bring it in for at least documantation. Any old convertible owner will tell (and I fit both those descriptions ) that it is not a good thing for the top to go up unevenly. Regardless of the reason, it puts stress on the whole mechanism. This problem should be addressed.