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Monday, 25 March 2013

Audi A4 Cabriolet Roof Stuck - Motor Fault

Hi folks, just wanted to write up about what happened to the Roof Motor of my 2009 Audi A4 Cabriolet. Basically one day when the car was only 3 years old, the roof got stuck while going up. It went up half way and then no further. I put it down and then tried going up again. This time it worked. I put it down as just "one of those things".

But more importantly, when I opened the case, bits of broken magnet were loose inside, seemingly chipped off the magnetic surround. Looking inside, here's where they came from.

Now how on earth did that happen?

5 comments:

I have the exact same problem with my A4 Cabriolet :-(

Seems really weird with the indents on your rotor.

I look forward to get mine fixed somehow and hope it will not get expensive.. :(

Hi really interesting to read this. My A4 Cab is currently in a dealership in Canterbury Kent for the 4th time in as many months with same roof problems. first i was told it was lack of use! then they reset the switches, then a broken stretcher and now after a week they still have it. I should have done more research before buying the car 3 years ago (secondhand now out of warranty. great looking a

car drives really well but will never get another cabriolet and do not recommend them.

Thanks Steve, oh it's a pain in the butt trying to get Audi dealerships to approach this systematically. I bet it's the motor that's gone for you, as it's such a common problem. All I can say is that though the 400 quid to replace the motor was tough to swallow, it does have a 2 year guarantee, and the roof has been perfect since, which has been very pleasant over the last few months and made me love the car again. But I know how this type of problem can put you off a car.

I take your point about the balancing gouges, but I should have taken photos of the chunky bits of magnet that were stuck to the rotor, that had somehow come from the bit in the last photo.