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Old 08-13-2017, 09:08 AM
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Hi all,

I had some kind of malfunction with the soft top on my '04 S4 cabriolet -- it's a B6 so I presume the same as an A4.

When putting the top up the other day, the deck lid stayed open for some reason. The top was fully closed, but the rear deck was still pointing straight up, when it should have closed under the back of the top and locked shut. But the car thought the deck closed and the latches locked. Now, I can't close the deck lid because the little bars, which are supposed to lock and hold the deck lid down, are in the way.

Does anyone know if there's a way to make those latches release, so I can close the deck and try to reset the top? It might be that I have a bad sensor or something that a reset won't fix, but I'd like to try before I hand over my life savings to the dealer.

Thanks in advance!

Mike
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Use the key to unlock the latch
http://www.dognmonkey.com/audi/cabri...dont-work.html
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That's not a TT key. The TT key looks like this...

http://www.ttforum.co.uk/forum/downl...1025&mode=view
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Originally Posted by Baddawgg
Hi all,

I had some kind of malfunction with the soft top on my '04 S4 cabriolet -- it's a B6 so I presume the same as an A4.

When putting the top up the other day, the deck lid stayed open for some reason. The top was fully closed, but the rear deck was still pointing straight up, when it should have closed under the back of the top and locked shut. But the car thought the deck closed and the latches locked. Now, I can't close the deck lid because the little bars, which are supposed to lock and hold the deck lid down, are in the way.

Does anyone know if there's a way to make those latches release, so I can close the deck and try to reset the top? It might be that I have a bad sensor or something that a reset won't fix, but I'd like to try before I hand over my life savings to the dealer.

Thanks in advance!

Mike
Mike, please try the manual top reset procedure as outlined in your user manual and performed in the attached video below...just make sure all the windows are down before you do this "reboot"...

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I had the same thing and it feels as if my key is jammed it won’t unlock the bay cover now.
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Have someone to push the deck lid down to release the tension while turning the lock
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