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Sometimes, the roof goes wrong. Usually it’s because a roof component has broken or jammed. Whilst it’s on the piss like this, there is no way to close it. We need to straighten it up first.
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Open the boot and lift up the carpet in front of the boot flap.
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Underneath is the single roof motor. Remove the 3x Torx30 bolts.
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You can now pull the motor out.
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Quite often, the motor drive cog will fall off the motor shaft and stay in the roof drive housing.
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Hook it and the spacer out and keep them safe.
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You can clean the hole up if you want.
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Go back to the roof and manually straighten it. Using a tape measure certainly helps getting it dead straight.
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Refit the cog, spacer and motor. Bolt the motor down fully before testing the roof. Don’t be tempted to half-arse screw the motor in place. Hopefully the roof will now move correctly in unison and you can now close it.
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If it continuously goes out of alignment, start checking the sliders and the hammer/rockers.