SL/R230: Trunk Flaps
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2003 SL500
Trunk Flaps
After reading several threads and being suggested to replace the little black brackets that keep the flaps from sagging, I did. It was a pain in the ***, but a guide wasn't necessary. 3 nuts, 2 torques, and the thing fell right off. Took a little while to get the teeth to line up. WHILE this probably was a good move for $50, and it did lead me to exactly what I thought the problem was (teeth weren't lined up), it didn't fix the problem. The trunk is back together now and my top still doesn't work.
I flip up the top controller and try to put the top down and the red lights on the controller flash and I get a picture on the display of the top half open. I then go to the rollbar, which isn't functioning either.
ROLLBAR - I tore the trim off the inside of the car. On the passenger side is a clear plastic box (housing the relays to tell the computer that the rollbar is up or down perhaps)? I play with the relays. I hit the rollbar button and this black arm extends all the way up. I hit the other button and the arm retracts all the way back down. It clicks. Now I can't get it to come back up again. It wasn't connected to anything on top, but I can tell it's supposed to be. WTF!! Dealer diagnostic said "open circuit" but I'm thinking the black things in the trunk part fixed that. So what now? I don't have hair to pull out...
I flip up the top controller and try to put the top down and the red lights on the controller flash and I get a picture on the display of the top half open. I then go to the rollbar, which isn't functioning either.
ROLLBAR - I tore the trim off the inside of the car. On the passenger side is a clear plastic box (housing the relays to tell the computer that the rollbar is up or down perhaps)? I play with the relays. I hit the rollbar button and this black arm extends all the way up. I hit the other button and the arm retracts all the way back down. It clicks. Now I can't get it to come back up again. It wasn't connected to anything on top, but I can tell it's supposed to be. WTF!! Dealer diagnostic said "open circuit" but I'm thinking the black things in the trunk part fixed that. So what now? I don't have hair to pull out...
