b7 cabriolet roof help please

[roy2001]

i have a 56 reg b7 cabriolet and have sent the roof down this morning when i tried to close the roof the windows went down half way like they do the roof storage cover came up verticle and then nothing else happened. Now when i press the switch all that happens is the roof latchs on the front of roof open and close no motor noise nothing. The roof storage cover is now stuck in verticle position unable to close it . What can i do to close the roof??????

[kite]

It tells you in the manual how to reset the roof using the crank.

I wish I could tpye...

[Betsy]

Hi Roy,

I have the same issue every spring (after I have not used the roof for the winter) and I have to do the same fix every year. This year I decided to make a video of how to fix it incase anyone else has the same issue. I've just uploaded it to YouTube.

Audi A4 Cabriolet - fix for roof not opening - YouTube

It's a pretty easy fix, takes about 20-30 mins (a little longer if you have to video all the steps!). The issue (on my car) is that the little spring-loaded pin inside the electric motor that connects to the rotor in the motor gets stuck on my car. It's the motor that drives the hydraulics for the roof, the one that makes a whine when the roof is opening. In my car, the roof opens a crack but the whine of the motor never kicks in. The video shows the symptoms in my car, and then at the end of the video shows the roof working again. Hope that's some use to you, although it's a while since you posted!