The early style convertible top transmissions have been replaced with a more reliable later style one.
Porsche boxster roof not opening.
Porsche boxster soft tops from 1997 2012 have a couple of failure points.
My convertible roof is stuck and not working can i close open it manually.
Boxster roof will not open can you please help i was driving home today when the roof open indicator suddenly became lit on the dashboard.
If roof is closed and opened a few times sometimes.
Upon stopping and applying the parking brake i discovered that the roof will not open at all.
This causes the top to.
The push rods e below may have a white plastic ball joint and not red this will be one of the later revised parts and is normal.
Do not try and open close the convertible top using the switch once you have disconnected the rods.
When your roof is not opening or closing correctly then one or more of the components in the mechanism are probably worn out or damaged.
Both windows go down a quarter on roof retraction which is normal but then keep going into totally open position then won t go back up.
A 1998 porsche boxster came in to the shop today with the problem that the motorized roof did not move.
I doubt the roof switch has any influence over this other than telling the brain the roof is being opened.
Follow the photo array in this article to learn about each of these components and how to replace them.