Mercedes Slk Roof Wont Close

The slk s vario power roof is probably its biggest selling point.

Mercedes slk roof wont close.

Roof won t open close correctly on mercedes benz slk230. The roof wont open. On arrival i found the rear parcel shelf to be broken causing the roof to jam. Problems mercedes benz slk230 roof won t open close correctly.

Wait 10 minutes before trying to operate the hardtop again. The hardtop does not operate if the car s battery voltage is too low. Start the vehicle s engine and let the car run while you open or close the hardtop. No movement wont unlock nothing at all.

Position switches for the vario roof can fail causing the roof to stop in the process of opening or closing. Mercedes slk roof not closing. Customer called me with roof stuck open other specialist she called quoted 800 pounds without looking at the car telling her it would require a new pump and they would need the car for a week. With its multitude of limit switches and hydraulics one glitch in the system can cause the roof to park itself in an unfavorable position.

Hi all have an issue with the roof not opening on my slk story is i opened the roof to grease the mechanism and stopped it half way through its cycle for a few minutes the decided that i would take a closer look online as what points exactly need lubricating so then closed the roof again after it had its cycle which it closed ok after i noted where to lubricate i came back out to find. This presents problems particularly if the roof is partially down. This video shows how to close the vario roof manually on mercedes benz sl the electro hydraulic system in this mercedes benz sl is defective the roof has to. 45 people reported this problem.

Usually very cheap to replace. My slk 320 roof is most likely one of the pin switches that senses the location of the top for safety goes bad. You can unplug them and jumper the wires to bypass to test to see if one are all have gone bad then replace as needed. The roof wont unlock trunk wont fold back.

This roof can also be the car s achilles heel.