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Another NC Folding Roof Thread!

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Today I went out for a drive in the country. It was a day with scudding clouds and flashes of sunlight. However, the sky darkened and I spent a lot of time trying to stay ahead of the rain:

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All was wonderful until I wanted to park for lunch and... and the roof wouldn't go up! I am sure it is one of those simple faults where the roof's electronics have the impression it is not safe to raise it. So that was the end of lunch. The car is back in its garage in disgrace. I have already booked it in to the dealership for Monday. (That's the first day not predicted to have have rain!)

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It's not stupid. It was the first thing the manual recommended. I checked all the requirements (boot, brake, neutral) but to no avail.

Look on the bright side; while I'm at the dealership I'll make sure they offer me a drive in the 2 litre in December. :)
..... every cloud and all that. So sorry to hear about your roof failure but such a coincidence after Dewi's recent thread.
 
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Hmmm, you bought a hard top and you have a garage to put it in if it fails, most buy a hard top because they don't have a garage...... just a thought.
Jono is right, in Australia the soft top hasn't been available for three years. :(

I'm sure it is a minor electrical issue. :)

Even if its not, I am not daunted by the soft top issue; I know the warranty has a year to run! :devil:
 
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I am very sorry and dismayed to hear this bad news concerning your roof, Martin. I sincerely hope the problem is a simple one and can be easily and permanently rectified.
Hopefully just a fuse or dodgy relay ?
 
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Sorry to hear about your roof Martin, given the sudden way in which it failed, it sounds to me like a simple electrical problem. As Nick says it's more than likely just a failed relay or even a blown fuse. I'm sure it'll be an easy repair for the dealership. Keep us posted.

Just a thought, but can you not take it over to the dealers while it's dry and leave it with them under cover until they can get to it on Monday?

Dave, even when I bought my Sport Black here in the UK, no a soft version of any Sport Based NC was available, Mazda just didn't make one after about 2010 and the facelift (Mk3.5) was introduced, I didn't particularly want a an RC but there was no choice.
 
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I'd defininitely agree that this is likely to be a fuse, relay or position sensor acting up, the fact that you have had no odd noises would certainly indicate that this is not a failure as such.

A side note, I have the smart roof module fitted and it occassionaly throws a little wobbly where it won't respond, an switch off and on again usually sorts it out, the other thing that seems to confuse it occasionally is if the windows are fully down, not sure how relevant this is to your situation Martin but the smart module seems to 'like' the ability to drop the windows that couple of inches before it goes into the full roof operation mode.

Are your windows working ok? During some recent work I had the window switch unplugged and the roof would not operate, my thinking is that if you had a window fuse failure then the roof would not operate.

Here's hoping it's a simple, (and warranty) fix, we know what Mazda are like for warranty dodging; if at all possible, absolve all responsibility, they may even say it's because you've been using the roof!!
 
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Sorry to hear of your woes Martin....

From how you describe it sounds like a total power failure or some sensor not doing as it should hope your not parted for too long!.... :(
 
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Just a point there a few soft top STs around in the UK after 2010 even the odd 2014 but as you say not many at all.
I bought my Sports tech RC brand new in January 2012 and I had the option of the rag top version at that time. On reflection I wish I had gone for the rag top now. Too many creaks and rattles from mine and yes I carried out the tighetning of the the roof latch fix.

Hope its a simple fix for you Martin
 
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I managed to quieten the previous RC top down but it needed another turn on a second attempt, the gap was still within the permitted figures which I think are 3-8mm
 
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HAPPY ENDING!​
I was going through in my mind what the problem could be and I was beginning to wonder if I hadn't had the brake on or something.​
Anyway, I went over today and after much hunting I found the boot was open. :blush:​
Changed my appointment at the dealership to talking about the clutch.​
You should not have crammed such a big picnic basket into the boot ! Very good news anyway Martin.
 
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