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Top won't go down, handbrake micro switch?


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Hey Guys,

Gradually over the last couple of weeks it's become more difficult to raise the top on my 02 Cabrio.

I'm thinking it's the micro switch in the handbrake. I'd pull the brake, hit the top button and the red cabrio light would just flash on the instrument cluster but the top wouldn't come up. If I pulled the handbrake tighter then it would go. But now it doesn't matter how tight I pull the brake. Now if I pull the handbrake just so it clicks once the parking brake light comes on and then winks out. So I'm thinking it must be the micro switch.

Does anyone have the part number to the hand brake micro switch?

Thanks,

Tim

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Tim:

I don't know the parts number, but had the same problem. What worked for me (by experimentation) was to press the button (which allows you to move the hand brake) in and out many times. I would press it in and let it pop out quickly, over 50 times and I have not had the same problem since. Worth a try.

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