Audi TT convertible top trick
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- Опубліковано 9 кві 2020
- In many cases this will get the convertible top to function on an Audi TT.
Although this is an extremely common problem, there are lots of other switches and components that can malfunction. NOTHING BEATS A QUALIFIED REPAIR SHOP, but saving a few bucks is pretty sweet too.
Thanks for the advice however mine is 9 years old and it just started having this issue. Besides this one issue (unlike other German cars) the car design is great and it's a very fun drive. Haven't found anything comparable as far as materials and quality goes. Everyone loves their plastic door handles and plastic painted silver. This model has metal door handles and aluminum inlays. I love my ride!
I was cleaning my similar TT today prior to selling at a dealer in 2 days time. On testing my roof to make sure it lowered OK I got the "roof cannot be used" error in the dash. After a short panic I found this video and bingo!! After a wiggle of the left and right roof flaps, the roof worked flawlessly again!
Therefore THANK YOU so very much for the advice, you are a true saviour : )
Perhaps the best, most useful and to the point UA-cam video I’ve ever seen! Thank you!!!
Clearly this guy is going places...... Just listen to that rock solid business acumen. Nothing ensures repeat customer loyalty quite like hearing some DS tell you (FIRST THING) "You poor bastard." I mean....... What a consummate professional.
He certainly sounds like a COMPLETE GOBSHITE who thinks everything the U.S makes is brilliant it aint
Ruairi McCarthy Gobshite? Wahhhhhhhhahahahah that's hilarious 😂 But I'm American and I have impeccable taste and discernment when it comes to recognizing intelligent design..... Which brings me to my next point, and that is...... Even my favorite automobile manufacturers like Audi, Porsche, Mercedes Benz, Lamborghini and even Bentley are guilty of making questionable choices in design as of late. Especially the sedans and sporty smaller vehicles. It looks like whomever is designing the front ends of the A5 and the Sportback versions that were cool a couple years ago, is suffering a stroke in installments. I kinda wanna slap em, and tell whoever's in charge that they should send that one back to Hyundai or whatever they make in Korea. I mean even BMWs are built like they tried to save money by dividing the weight that is indicative of solid build quality in half. Makes me sad.
I have experienced this very year…, probably because here in Holland we have just 4 months summer weather and the the rest of the year the rooftop is closed.
The first 2 years I brought my car to the Audi garage and they charged me €850 euros for new sensors. A year later € 400 euro’s for 1 sensor
Long story short I have tried your solution and problem fixed!
Many thanks 🙏🏾
I never go back to the official Audi garage these guys are Evil.
'Poor bastard' is me..
I'm poor bastard 😅
HOLY SHIT
IT DID WORK WITH A LITTLE OF WIGGLE
Wow! Thank you for the information. Worked perfectly. Tried driver side didn't fix it. Tried passenger side FIXED!!!
Genius! Thank you!!! Worked on my 2008.
Terrific. Worked for my 2008 .
Thank you, sir! Worked like a charm 🎉
Nice vid josh . Thanks for those remarks
My wife wants to send you money. We couldn't figure out what was wrong. Just got it back from the body shop because of a minor problem that was not our fault and the top wouldn't go down. Did this and vuahla. Thanks. Let me know where to send the check.
Very helpful and did the trick! Thanks very much!
I have a 07 A-4 & Besides changing the convertible top motor that I found @ pullofpart I realized that the trey in the trunk of the car was the issue
Danke schon. Wiggled each flap for a coupla seconds and it did the trick. WOW.
Nice video.
Thank you
Yes Yes its working perfect
Thanks a lot
The REAL reason is the flap motor has grease inside which in hot weather runs onto the potentiometer, thus causing "bad signals" to the computer. To fix, remove motor, strip and clean grease and potentiometer contacts. !!!!!!
best ! same problems!
Further to my comments, the reason wiggling the flap sometimes works is because doing this has the TEMPORARY effect of cleaning the potentiometer contacts. May last a couple of weeks but not the solution, strip and clean is!
You are master;)
Can I spray that part with Dielectic Contact Cleaner to clean it?
Thankyou so much that is very good advice but don't say get rid of them that is bad advice 😁
Hello, thank you very much for this tip it solved the issue that we had that it wouldn't open. Much appreciated again thanks
Hi. Can you change the roof cloth?
Please post more fixes
OMFG, this worked. Legend 👍😀
Need a fix for Audi TT mk 1
Can u help me to find a way to open my soft top convertible audi tt?
well i have a different issue. when roof is open and press to close, flaps go up and the left one after in open position starts making some ticking noise and nothing more happens... - any suggestion, please? :)
"I don't want you to know how to fix your own car" *posts video on how to fix your own car on UA-cam and gets 18k views*
I think this is a software fault as much as an oxidation fault. I'm in the UK and have an '08 TTS with 50000 miles and this fault has happened to me a few times. The last time, over a year ago my local Audi dealer sorted it in 5 minutes by plugging in his laptop and correcting the apparent fault with the offside paddle motor. Since then it has worked perfectly many times, until two days ago when the same thing happened - the top wouldn't come up. Another trip to the Audi dealer and the same trick with the laptop and it's working again, but for how long I cannot say. They do not charge me, which is great, but it seems that if the fix doesn't last I will need a new flap motor.
It's a bad sensor. The fix is to replace the sensor. Very common problem on these models
I recently spent a chunk replacing the switch that operates the roof as the roof was not closing all the way. It's working but the indicator light is now flashing and beeping because it "thinks" the top is not securely all the way open when clearly it is?! HELP!
You really need to use an OBD reader to get the codes.
This is most likely the signal from the left and/or right flaps - see www.ttforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1786641
When I removed my flap mechanisms, I found that on one side the nut that holds the little ball joint on had dropped off which meant that it gave a false reading - you can check for any slackness without dismantling (TIP: use a pencil to mark around the bolt heads in order to realign correctly).
Are you sure about that???
Cause it doesn’t work in mine.
Doesn’t work