Trouble putting top down w/ fob

HokieFan · 08-23-2019, 05:19 PM

Sorry if this has been covered before, but has anybody else had trouble with their top going down with the fob? (Or am I just using it wrong?) I press and hold the button, and it starts out fine...but then the process freezes. After a few more tries it goes a little more. I have to repeat a few times until it's all the way down. If I do it from the button inside the car, its smooth as silk all the way down. Is this a common problem or do I need a warranty visit? Otherwise the car is a dream.

Gunkk · 08-23-2019, 06:00 PM

Change the fob battery.

HokieFan · 08-23-2019, 06:29 PM

I'll try it. Crazy though, it's a brand new ordered 2019...hoping I dont have to change the battery multiple times a year. :/

17rsvert · 08-23-2019, 08:36 PM

The fob button needs continuous contact, and if it it's interrupted the top stops. In my case there's nothing wrong with the top or fob signal, it's just hard to push the button that long sometimes.

Captain J · 08-23-2019, 10:30 PM

Maybe you're not pushing hard enough to keep the contacts closed. For me, I almost never use the remote to put the top down. By the time I'm within range for the FOB to work, there's not enough time to complete the top down procedure, before I'm standing there waiting for it to finish.

Blue_6.2 · 08-23-2019, 11:57 PM

When someone comes up with a mod that allows me to *touch* the open/close switch and have the top completely open/close, I shall construct pyramids in their honor and exalt their name in places public and private.

RickErnst · 08-26-2019, 08:49 AM

I have found that if the process gets interrupted for some reason (lift finger off the fob, another car crosses the path of the "beam", etc.), I have to push the unlock button before it will start moving again. There is usually a second or so delay until it starts moving again.

17rsvert · 08-26-2019, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickErnst

I have found that if the process gets interrupted for some reason (lift finger off the fob, another car crosses the path of the "beam", etc.), I have to push the unlock button before it will start moving again. There is usually a second or so delay until it starts moving again.

Thanks for posting. I hadn't tried that.

wintertopdown · 08-27-2019, 03:15 AM

Sometimes I have to hit the unlock button a couple times to activate the top down process

08-23-2019, 05:19 PM	#1
HokieFan Drives: 2019 ZL1 m6 Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Florida Posts: 41	Trouble putting top down w/ fob Sorry if this has been covered before, but has anybody else had trouble with their top going down with the fob? (Or am I just using it wrong?) I press and hold the button, and it starts out fine...but then the process freezes. After a few more tries it goes a little more. I have to repeat a few times until it's all the way down. If I do it from the button inside the car, its smooth as silk all the way down. Is this a common problem or do I need a warranty visit? Otherwise the car is a dream.

08-23-2019, 06:00 PM	#2
Gunkk Thank you Al Oppenheiser! Drives: Red Hot A10 ZL1 Convertible Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 4,975 View My Garage	Change the fob battery.

08-23-2019, 06:29 PM	#3
HokieFan Drives: 2019 ZL1 m6 Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Florida Posts: 41	I'll try it. Crazy though, it's a brand new ordered 2019...hoping I dont have to change the battery multiple times a year. :/

08-23-2019, 08:36 PM	#4
17rsvert Drives: 2017 HBM 2LT RS Convertible V6 A8 Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: NJ Posts: 654	The fob button needs continuous contact, and if it it's interrupted the top stops. In my case there's nothing wrong with the top or fob signal, it's just hard to push the button that long sometimes.

08-23-2019, 10:30 PM	#5
Captain J Drives: 2017 V6 RS Covertible Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Northwest Indiana Posts: 136	Maybe you're not pushing hard enough to keep the contacts closed. For me, I almost never use the remote to put the top down. By the time I'm within range for the FOB to work, there's not enough time to complete the top down procedure, before I'm standing there waiting for it to finish.

08-23-2019, 11:57 PM	#6
Blue_6.2 Banned Drives: 2019 1SS Convertible Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Oxford, NC Posts: 183	When someone comes up with a mod that allows me to touch the open/close switch and have the top completely open/close, I shall construct pyramids in their honor and exalt their name in places public and private.

08-26-2019, 08:49 AM	#7
RickErnst Rick's6inNJ Drives: 2017 Vert 2LT RS V6 Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: New Joisey Posts: 57 View My Garage	I have found that if the process gets interrupted for some reason (lift finger off the fob, another car crosses the path of the "beam", etc.), I have to push the unlock button before it will start moving again. There is usually a second or so delay until it starts moving again.

08-27-2019, 03:15 AM	#9
wintertopdown Drives: 22 Convertible V8 LT1 Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Jensen Beach, Florida Posts: 219	Sometimes I have to hit the unlock button a couple times to activate the top down process

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