hi...i guess the title says it all...i pull up on the switch...the windows will go down like the inch or so as they are supposed to...but the top wont go back up! any ideas?

 

okay...went to lunch, tried again top comes up super slowly.....

so a thought....

my battery is super dead....does this mechanism work ONLY off the battery? i wouldnt think so...but thats what it seems like now that i think back.....

 

All DC electrical systems in a car work only off the battery. It is there to store charge, but also as a filter to clean up the noisy signal that comes from the alternator. The alternator is really just a battery charger. It outputs AC and then rectifies it to put DC power in to the battery. If your battery is low it could cause the problem. I would think that the starter would be harder on the battery than the power top motor. Does the car start?

 

oddly enough the car starts fine...just forget what the date and time is....so yeah i need a new battery....b/c if i dont drive the car for a few days batterys dead dead.....gonna head to sears to get that die hard international battery i guess....