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Thanks, Maurice. You obviously know your stuff! I was not aware of pedrosgarage.com website, but it looks like a good source of DIY info for a novice Porsche mechanic like me. I couldn't find anything about the e-brake switch on that site either, but for future reference I've added it to my "Favorites" list for the internet. Thanks again, Lee
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Lee: Sorry that you had to learn that $276 lesson. The light on the dashboard is the item to eliminate when troubleshooting no power to the top. For anyone else wanting to benefit from Lee's lesson, Pedro of "pedrosgarage.com" has posted a method for accessing the switch that does not involve actually removing the entire center console, although I can't find it now. IIRC, the switch can be accessed from the side of the console. Thanks for posting your experience. Regards, Maurice.
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I have a '99 Boxster that the top would not go down and showed no sign of the top motor running. I checked the fuse, tried cycling the switch in the latch, and took out the top relays and gave them a sharp rap. Nothing worked, so off to the dealer I went. The problem was diagnosed as the emergency brake switch. What I had missed on my troubleshooting was that when you set the e-brake the warning light on the dash should come on. Mine did not and I had missed that fact. That was the dead giveaway. The switch was about $10 and the labor/misc. service charges were $266. I'm now $276 smarter. The switch is replaced by taking out the center console. The entire job, including troubleshooting, took Porsche less than 1.5 hours to do.