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2000 Boxster and the top was suddenly dead. Followed the trouble shooting suggestions here and found the problem was with the relay. Took it our and banged it on the ground a couple of times and now the top is operating again. Does this mean that the relay is likely failing? If so, I will buy a new one to have on hand for the next time. Just to muddy the water a bit, the top stopped operating about 2 days after I had tried the AutoZone LF12 turn signal relay. The LF12 is advertised as 5X louder than the stock relay, but I couldn't tell the difference, so I took it out and put the stock relay back in. And when I next tried to operate the top 2 days later I had the problem with the top relay. BTW, the LF12 has only two pins versus the stock relay's 3 pins; however, the turn signals and emergency flashers worked OK with it.
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2000 Boxster with the top in the open position. Would not close. Dash switch and micro-switches OK. Took the top relay out and banged it on the ground and the top started operating again. Thanks to posters here for suggesting this "fix". Does this mean that the relay is failing and that I should buy a new relay to have on hand for the next time if the bang solution doesn't work? Just to muddy the water a bit, the top stopped operating after I had tried a new turn signal relay (LF12) from AutoZone. The LF12 is advertised as 5X louder than the standard relay. However, I could not tell a difference, it might even have been quieter, so I put the OEM relay back in. Another interesting bit, the LF12 has only two legs versus the OEM relay which has 3, but the turn signals and flashers worked fine with the it.