986 roof stuck open.

[Frodo]

Regarding the cause...don't know if this is it or not, but mine stopped working at one point shortly after buying the car (it's a 2001). There's a switch (or whatever) in the hand brake that has to be activated (by engaging the brake) before the roof mechanism will do it's thing. Sometimes it goes bad, and the roof transport won't operate. (Basically, the car "thinks" the car may be moving, so it refuses to open/close the roof.)

I can't give you any other details---I had a CPO warranty, so I didn't even try to fix it. Just took it into the dealership.

[nylart]

This happened to me just last night. You can tell if it's a bad handbrake switch by seeing if the parking brake light comes on on the dash. No light = switch not operating.

I was able to make it work just by quickly raising and lowering the handle with the release button depressed.

Good luck.

Art