Volvo AWD C70 Forum

I love my 1999 C70 ragtop...

Yesterday, I retracted the top, and it folded up into the well, but the boot never came down over the top...

After that I could not get it to move... Because the boot was straight up, I could not open the trunk...

I had to force it to start up, by hand, because, naturally, it started raining at that moment... I had my son hold the up button, and my wife and I lifted the top a bit, and then it closed the rest of the way without incident.

After that, when I got to where I was going, I noticed it did parts of the cycle, but not all of it... Top would start to retract, and the boot would come up, but that is all...

I assisted it closed.

Today, I noticed that the motor over the windshield only seems to go in one direction, if it is going up or down. When the top stalls, the motor over the windshield seems to lock-up or strain...

I am sure there must be some limit switches, and other control devices, but I do not know of any of this...

Is there anyone that can point me to good documents to help me learn to fix this, or someone who has the knowledge?

I love my car, and really miss the ability to drop the top already!

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