Convertible top won't go down

Hello I'm having the same problem and did all the things you said you did and nothing. I was wondering if you had found anything out. I do upholstery and work om tops all the time but this one baffles me. If I find a solution I will put it out there for everyone.

Hi everyone, can you hear the motors trying to put the top down? If you hear the motors, and the top just seems missing force to get it done, you might want to check the shear pin on one or both motors. It happend to me in the past and I fixed it by doing the steps included in the following link: http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-exterior-interior/77418-common-spyder-convertible-top-problems-link-motor-drive-pin.html#post644831 www.dsmtuners.com is the best website for anything related to DSM (Mitsubishi, Eagle, Plymouth) and you can find plenty of usefull information and tips, it's really a great DSM community. Hope it helps!

Yeah still having the same problem. But now since we manually opened the top the bars snapped. I need a whole new top because they don't sell the pieces anymore.

Thanks I will definitely try it out when I get a new top. Now somewhere the top is leaking and im getting mold in my car.. this just sucks. But thank u for the advise

Sorry to hear that man...good luck!

Did you find a solution? I'm sort of having the same problem, but I hear nothing at all, almost like its not connected. Fuses are fine. What else did you check?

Hi. I found this question when I had the same problem and although the question was old I thought I would put the answer out there for anyone else with the problem. There is a manual switch in the trunk in the panel on the drivers side where antenna is located. The switch on my car had gotten switched over to manual by accident. Windows went down and I heard a clicking sound but the top wouldn't go down. I have my owners manual and it referred to this solution.

Hi, I took the panel off behind the brake light/left turn signal in my trunk but I didn't see a switch. Can someone please post a picture? Thanks!

had the same problem my car was hit and took it to service king for repairs, two weeks later I realize the top wont go down. Took in to Service King and they checked it and it was the switch in the trunk it had gotten pused to manual. It works like a champ now

Found switch, thank you!! It works now :))

Hinim having the same problem but mynback windoes went down but now they wont go back up can some one help

There is a button on the drivers door panel that when pushed keeps the rear windows from rolling back up.

Are we Talking about a 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT. I have looked several times for the switch and I can't find it. Can someone post a picture?

I got a picture of the switch, but it's from 1999 Eclipse Spyder GS

ok Thank you Angel. I have searched my 2007 Spyder GT again and still have not found any switch. at least I have an idea.

2003 drivers side trunk behind skirt right by tail light assembly. Yours may be the same

Thank you Angel so so much for the pic. of the manual button. This was my problem.I guess when mu body work got done they changed it and didnt know. THANK YOU

I am having a problem, I have a 1996 spyder eclipse. Well when I close top the drivers window works fine , but all other windows I have to hold all the switches up and top on the close button for top , to get the other three windows to roll up, Please help.....

Hey I have a 2007 spyder eclipse and my top want go down and its stopping me.from opening my trunk i think its a fuse problem I was wondering were are the fuses located for the convertible top and thank you

Im also having the same problem with the convertable its like if it dont have any power

Open your trunk, to your left is a compartment covered by a removable plastic lid use a flashlight to see a black switch (on/off), turn it the other way. My switch was in the off position, no power to the top. Otherwise check you fuses. Good luck.

Yay! Thanks for the answer to my problem. When they repaired the rear taillight they disconnected it. Summer has begun!

My top will go down but won't come back up any ideas

Top will go down won't come back up any ideas

Getting water on drivers side floor mat where feet sit only anyone else

I have a 99 eclipse spyder and have the exact same problem as the OP. I hit the button, the windows go down and i hear the clicking - but absolutely nothing from the motor. I also have that button in my trunk and made sure it was clicked to on. I changed out my fuse labeled "top" - still nothing. I cant remember when it exactly stopped working because i rarely put it down. I did install a new radio but i dont think the wiring around the radio would affect the top going down since the button to hit it still makes the windows go down. This sucks. My car is 16 yrs old maybe the motors just give out after awhile who knows.

Heyy guys sorry but I'm having the same problem but in this case it's a 2003 BMW 330ci the top goes down perfectly fine as well as coming back up , the problem is it won't lock ....can anybody help me I really need this fix Thank you

I had the same problem of the top not going down. I took the advice of Spyder99 and now it works great. Thank you Spyder99. Steven C

My son has a 07 or 08 Spyder and the top won't go down and it beeps every time we stop then go. We took the fuse out and that stopped it but when the beeping started was also when the top stopped working. I opened the rear panels at the light and no manual switch. Any help is appreciated

I would just like to say a huge thank you. I just had my break light replaced and could not get my top to go down, read the post found the Manuel switch easily. Thank you.

Okay so had no manual switch in my trunk we had very heavy rain last night and roof would not operate this am. I pressed the rubber switch in the door for the windows and voila, mayhaps it was just the heat drying things off but now works 2007 eclipse spyder

TOP GOES UP ABOUT 1/4 AND STOPS

can some post a picture of the switch becuase i cant find it. its for a 2007 eclipse spyder

I have a 2009 Mitsubishi eclipse spyder my back window come up when I press the open button the window go down but the rest of the top doesn't come down please tell me what should I do it anybody have an answer

I’m in desperate need of some parts that are no longer available from Mitsubishi aka hydraulic attenuators

My 1999 Mitsubishi spider top only try’s to open on the passages side..and nothing on the drivers side..could that be a fuse problem

I have the same problem as you, GuruW2MMK. Did you figure anything out?

OMFG IT EFFING WORKED! I had mechanics telling me I had to replace motors and fill fluids and change relays and fuses.. I am SO glad I read this first. THANK YOU

when I push the switch the windows do not come down and the top doesn't open...mitsubishi eclipse Spyder 2008...i couldn't find the switch in the trunk so i do not know if that is the problem or if i need a new switch or motor???? any help please!!!!

I have a Astra convertible the top won't go down is there a sensor on the boot to tell the hood that it's closed

Have any of you put a test light on any of your connections to make sure you're getting power to the motors or that the relay is being signaled by the switches to go up and down? I'm currently working on a 2007 spyder, which is a hydraulic system that also has a manual setting, where all pressure is relieved from te lines to the top can be manually opened and closed by the tool inside the car. As of right now, no signal is being received to the relay from the switch. Next step is testing the top switch, not the switch in the center console. It's a brown and yellow wire, a brown and black wire and a red write. The brown and yellow and the brown and black wires are what need to be tested. If you're getting power to the relay (testing the two wires on the 3 pin side if the relay) then it's not the switch and is just the relay. Note: its a 5 pin relay but only 4 pins are actually used. The 5th is blank.

Achalmers look in the back where the awirch is you’ll see a white capped cable most likely plug it in and it’ll work fine

Hi^^ I'm in need of a rubber seal for the driver side top. My convertible streams water because of an idiot named Josh Soules tore a piece off. I have looked everywhere for the rubber piece. Even called Mitsubishi manufacturer. I have a 2007 Mitsubishi. Eclipse Spyder convertible. They no longer make this part. Any help???

I just had the same problem. We changed out the brake light bulb and must have bumped the conterbile top switch in the trunk! Pull back the covering around the drivers side brake light and you will see a rocker switch. It says "Manual". Make sure it is rocked to the opposite side! It should not be on manual. Once I did this the top works perfectly!

Having the same problem guys. I have an 07 Eclipse Spyder GS. 2.4 L. My car's design doesn't seem to come with the Cover for the brake lights. Just a bunch of wires going through metal shielding. Dealer ship wants me to replace all sorts of stuff, but I'm looking at other options just to be safe. I'll try to upload pictures if any one is still looking at this.

This seems maybe a bit odd but I’ve had the same problems with my 2008 Mitsubishi Spyder Eclipse top opening. For a better part of half an hour I was jamming the open button thinking maybe it was stuck but my friend and me messed around with it and finally, by barely pressing it, it worked. Happened with the close button too for about five minutes. I think maybe the button just needs to be at a certain angle when you press it. Also there needs to be at least a 6.6 foot clearance above the car for the top to go down.

2008 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse spider. Take your subwoofer panel off. You can just grab the sides and give it a firm tug. It will come off. On the inside of that panel is a tool. L-Bar Allen wrench. Take that tool and look for a half Moon cut out at the top of seat. ( SEE PIC). Move the L- Bar to the right and you can open the wing of the top by hand. Have someone hold that wing and then turn the L-Bar back to the left. The wing should stay up by itself if you did the above steps correctly. At this point, start your engine and make sure your windows are down and doors closed. Press the open button and see if it works. I took speaker out but it's not necessary. Hope this helps

When closing the roof it would stop when the tonneau cover came down and wouldn't proceed to the rear window section coming down.When opening the top it would complete the cycle but keep beeping as an error fault.I put the roof in the position with the tonneau up and the window section up and braced them( the allen key from behind the speaker for the tonneau and a broom stick for the back window.I opened the valve on the hydraulic pump and removed the big plastic panel behind the seats(6 plastic push pins).There is a horizontal cylinder that throws the latches that hold the cover down and activates limit switches.The driver side is connected to the passenger side with a connecting rod held in place with a push on starloc grab washers.This washer was loose allowing play in the linkage and preventing the switch from being actuated,I shoved the washer tight took out my supports,closed the pump valve and everything works like a charm.I hope this makes sense and helps some of you.

Hey i have a 2007 Mitsubishi eclipse spyder gs, the problem is you hold down the button and the windows go down, and the back lifts up. And the back half of the top goes up. but the rest of the top wont go up. any help would be very appreciated!!!

try this out .https://studio.youtube.com/video/_2n1wu-Br9Y/edit

I have 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse convertible. Top dose not go down. Beeping when I stop car and driving. I check every where there is no any any reset switch. I try with that key which is behind sub. Nothing change. Why I need to do plz let me know if any body know.

For all you folks out there with 2007 GT’s tops that will not open pass the tonneau and back glass opening, my wife’s top was doing this and what I found out after checking the unit over was there are two micro switch’s that have to be made before the top will open any further, these switch’s are located by the tonneau cover locking latches, I found both sides stuck in the down position, I pull the switch arm up on both sides, pushed the open button on the dash and the top finished opening, after opening I pushed the close button and the top closed all the way, then trying to open again it would stop in the position I spoke of earlier in my post. So I put w-d oil on the arms pivot and worked them up and down to free the arms up, the next day I cranked the car, released the latches on both sides of the top and pushed the open button, top worked. Here is some pictures of the micro switch arms. Hope this is helpful to some of you.

My 2007 eclipse top won’t go up or down. I did the reset and the windows rolled down and I was able to get the top down, but now all I hear is a beep three times when it wants to. The car has been setting up and I haven’t been using the top so I don’t know what my problem could be. I opened the top all the way up and it closed just fine but that was it. I changed the fuses and still nothing. If there are relays I don’t know what to look for because it’s not labeled. So that’s it I push the open button and eventually I hear the motor go beep. I know there’s got to be a correct answer somewhere. Well I’m praying it is.

My 2009 eclipse spyder the beautiful maizen blue was my pride and joy until recently the top made a groaning sound about 4 months ago and stopped halfway down and I had to put it back up manually.. Then the passenger window works intermittently .. Works fine for a few weeks then It won't budge for a few weeks or even months. Then just yesterday the drivers side window stopped 3\4 of the way down and won't budge. It's a window roof nightmare. The whole idea was to be out in the open and to feel free and instead my freedom has become a prison. Every time I turn around now it's another 600$ or 850$ for whatever bullshit the car needs My windshield got hit with a rock and it cracked all the way across and I can't find anyone who will replace it for less than 600$ Because the windshield pillars break or crack when you remove them is what they say. I also had thise replaced abiut 6 months ago because they were cracked and broken when I bought the car 2 years ago.. I wondered why but now I know .getting thise parts wasn't easy either. What used to be an 18$ part cost me 135 each then the paint and installation to the tune of 450$ So something has to give pretty soon . I'm not that nostalgic. I'll drive the bitch over a cliff. Lol

Hello I would like to know if you can help me I have a 2012 eclipse spyder convertible And when I opened my roof everything went very well it went back into its base however the panel that covers the roof refused to go down and I I noticed that the two small panels at each end did not rise why if you can help me.