One is when an elastic strip on each side loses its stretch.
Porsche boxster roof not opening.
If roof is closed and opened a few times sometimes.
This causes the top to.
The push rods e below may have a white plastic ball joint and not red this will be one of the later revised parts and is normal.
Upon stopping and applying the parking brake i discovered that the roof will not open at all.
Boxster roof will not open can you please help i was driving home today when the roof open indicator suddenly became lit on the dashboard.
The early style convertible top transmissions have been replaced with a more reliable later style one.
My convertible roof is stuck and not working can i close open it manually.
I doubt the roof switch has any influence over this other than telling the brain the roof is being opened.
For someone that has never troubleshot a roof system before this can be difficult.
A 1998 porsche boxster came in to the shop today with the problem that the motorized roof did not move.
When your roof is not opening or closing correctly then one or more of the components in the mechanism are probably worn out or damaged.
Do not try and open close the convertible top using the switch once you have disconnected the rods.
Porsche boxster soft tops from 1997 2012 have a couple of failure points.