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:eek Much to my surprise, a really wonderful engineer responded to my querry about why I keep having roof cycle time outs, even after the dealership supposedly fixed the problem. Here is the info.
Re: roof cycle time outs
If something is impeding the roof motion you could also get time outs. This would be need to be fixed. Having your wife operate the top while you observe the action could spot any anomalies in the top action. Low hydraulic fluid can also cause timeouts. Your observations could help the dealer do a proper fix. I am sure you have watched the roof operate many more times than the dealer. The dealer also has access to a Technical Assistance Center for this vehicle to deal with issues they cannot handle themselves.
and then this:
Most of the timeouts are caused by cold hydraulic fluid in the top system. Hitting the top button again will continue the cycle. Repeatedly hitting the button till the roof is either up or down should warm the oil and subsequent cycles should not have a problem. This problem, caused by the cold, should only be happening in frigid weather. This is not something that needs to be fixed. The timeout function was intended to prevent roof damage if something interfered with roof motion.
I sure do appreciate this person giving me the info. and I hope you are not offended by my sharing it with the other SSR owners out there. Considering the frigid state of the east coast right now, this is of great interest to us psycho madmen who insist on putting the top down in the cold! Thanks!
Re: roof cycle time outs
If something is impeding the roof motion you could also get time outs. This would be need to be fixed. Having your wife operate the top while you observe the action could spot any anomalies in the top action. Low hydraulic fluid can also cause timeouts. Your observations could help the dealer do a proper fix. I am sure you have watched the roof operate many more times than the dealer. The dealer also has access to a Technical Assistance Center for this vehicle to deal with issues they cannot handle themselves.
and then this:
Most of the timeouts are caused by cold hydraulic fluid in the top system. Hitting the top button again will continue the cycle. Repeatedly hitting the button till the roof is either up or down should warm the oil and subsequent cycles should not have a problem. This problem, caused by the cold, should only be happening in frigid weather. This is not something that needs to be fixed. The timeout function was intended to prevent roof damage if something interfered with roof motion.
I sure do appreciate this person giving me the info. and I hope you are not offended by my sharing it with the other SSR owners out there. Considering the frigid state of the east coast right now, this is of great interest to us psycho madmen who insist on putting the top down in the cold! Thanks!