Top stopped working, top and rear windows won't work. Fuse ok, any suggestions?

Submitted by stevejag@sbcgl… on Fri, 08/15/2014 - 19:26

Yes, there is a microswitch on the handbrake lever. When the lever is pulled, it lights the telltale on the instruments and enables the convertible top. No telltale, no top operation; unless the bulb is burned out.

Good luck!

Submitted by merkles@comcast.net on Thu, 08/14/2014 - 15:44

Did you check the 30amp fuse in the trunk above battery?

It may be the actual roof switch. I had to clean my switch contacts on my 1995 XJS 2+2. You could easily test the switch by removing all three switches: left window switch, roof switch, right windows switch. The wiring connections are the same so you could swap one of the windows switches with the roof switch for a test. If the swapped switch works the roof, then it is the switch. You can open these switches witch a small screwdriver and clean the contacts, otherwise, you could just replace the switch.

If the switch is not the issue, there are relays in the trunk above the battery and a 30amp fuse