Hey folks, I hope you'll forgive my ignorance on some of the terminology here. I'm trying to help my father in law with a convertible top issue.

He's already had it at the dealer for five days and they said they couldn't correct it. At least they didn't charge him for the time.

The issue is that the center trim cover in the back, which I believe houses the 5th bow motor, is not being pulled all the way down flush with the rear deck.

The long vertical latch is being captured and pulled down, but there remains a large (over 1") gap between the center cover and the deck. It also looks to me like the storage lid (painted body panel) might not be coming down as far as it used to, but we're only talking about 1/4" or less there.

I've checked everywhere for obstructions and cannot find any. I also ran across TSB NTB03-122. Even though that isn't the problem he's having, I used it to check the lubrication and adjustment of the 5th bow lock assembly and the auto-closure wire. I didn't see any issues there.

I don't think the top is going to leak, but you do see that big gap between the cover and the deck in your rear-view mirror and it isn't pulling the panel with the rear glass in it as tight as it used to. He said it worked normally and then the next time he closed the top that gap appeared. He couldn't think of anything he'd done that might have caused it.

Any pointers on where I might start looking for the problem?

I'll post some pics soon.

Thanks

 

Here are couple of pics: