Smart Roadster Roof Operation

The motor is easily to remove replace the hardest bit is removing the 2 or 3 torx screws.

Smart roadster roof operation.

The electrics in the roadster are temperamental at the best of times so how do you force the roof open on a hot day or force it closed at the end of the day or if it won t. The 450 fortwo had a way to manually open and close the roof using a pair of metal cranks that you got with the car unfortunately on the roadster this wasn t the case. Convertible roof is stuck open shut. Trying to open the cabrio roof nothing moved and a clicking noise could be heared from the rear where the roof motor is housed it sounded like an electrical clicking noise.

Smart roadster soft top removable roof bars rails. Really lovely smart roadster roof bought for me as a gift but i never used it as i already had one. I m having problems with my roof not closing properly. The roadster has a single roof motor which is found under carpet just ahead of engine cover.

Replacement drive cables motors gears. Close the zipper of the hardtop bag. Cabriolet is slow to operate. Common smart car soft top and convertible roof problems.

Learn how to properly operate the sma. I have searched here but can t find any info on this apparently common problem. Many thanks for looking. The smart fortwo cabriolet comes with a sporty convertible soft top letting the driver fully experience the open road.

I think there is a special crank arm like tool for manually opening closing roof. Inserting the hardtop in the hardtop bag insert the hardtop with the hardtop for external storage brackets into the hardtop bag. We keep all parts in stockour repair service usually takes 3 4 hours. Insert both hardtop halves in the hardtop brackets as described starting on page 5 11.

Roof requires recalibration or roof reset. From hardtop to open roadster open the hardtop bag. After a few attempts the roof opened. Soft top only works in one direction.

Alignment issues with roof frame.