Astra TwinTop Owners Club

I post this advice for the benefit of all new members. Strongly recommend you get a waterproof cover to store in the boot. I've experienced one roof failure in 30 months of ownership and luckily it was a lovely sunny day. But imagine if you're driving roof down and suddenly it pours and the roof fails!!!!!!!!!!!

Get a waterproof cover for your boot JUST IN CASE!!

You can get them very cheaply on ebay and if nothing else if gives you peace of mind

Fair point that - Liddls may also have some...

While we are on the subject of reminders.

Don’t forget the pre-ice round the door windows when the temperature starts to drop? else there will be some broken windows and hearts when you go to open the doors and the windows do not drop!

Red Leader wrote:I post this advice for the benefit of all new members. Strongly recommend you get a waterproof cover to store in the boot. I've experienced one roof failure in 30 months of ownership and luckily it was a lovely sunny day. But imagine if you're driving roof down and suddenly it pours and the roof fails!!!!!!!!!!!

Get a waterproof cover for your boot JUST IN CASE!!

You can get them very cheaply on ebay and if nothing else if gives you peace of mind

Can I suggest that you don't store it in the boot, if the roof gets jammed, you may not be able to access the boot, maybe store it in the pockets behind the seats ??

Ozzie

Very good point Oz. If the roof fails you may have no access to the boot...

As for the iced up windows... already had this a couple of weeks ago. What a pain in the a*se that was.

It seems all the hard top convertables have there own problems, not just the TT

Had my twintop 5 months,brought it second hand from a vauxhal dealer in essex, and i have had to buy a waterproof cover,cause mine leaks,and still under man warranty don't stand a chance on getting it fixed cause its not covered.Had it priced up and could cost 2 grand to sort out!!!!! not happy and got no where with head office at vauxhall lost faith in vauxhall now !!!!!

Water proof boot covers - pre-icers - emergency roof tools....so much for progress in the modern automobile world...

I have a 56 TT that leaks in the boot again. Got my leaks covered by warranty in past now just putting up with it. A little tip if you get the leak sorted or if not, when cleaning your car all the rubber seals need cleaning, use Pledge or another good furniture polish as it has silicon in and that protects and lubricates the rubbers round your roof and boot, and helps to stop leaks.

had my 06 1.8 sport for about 6 months!! had no problems until tonight!!! i like to put the roof down every few weeks just to keep it all working an check for any problems, due to the weather havent had a chance to. anyway just put it down and the two little plastic parts that spin out (not sure of proper name) well only one of them spun out, had the happen a few times but find by pressin the roof close button so it spins back in then pressin roof open again they normally both work! not this time!!! instead it just stuck as it is! so now my roof is in the boot and my boot lid open! whatever button i press (open or close) the one little spinny thing comes out an the two spinny things on the boot lid move but thats all!!!

hope i'v made sense with what i've wrote!! any ideas what might be wrong??

Have you tried the button with the engine running and about 1500 revs??
It gives the battery a little more power and might give it the oomph to unstick the fin motor.

Ozzie

thanks guys, i got in it last night and tried the button and it just worked, no extra revs or anything!! i'l bare that in mind in future tho!! i've just spent the last 2 hours emptying the boot of water! just waiting for the interior to dry out now!! dont know why i tried the roof at 12 oclock at night with no water proof cover! if it wasnt for the 8 rublle bags stuck together in an attempt to save my seats, it probably would have been alot worse!! thanks again!

borgy wrote:had my 06 1.8 sport for about 6 months!! had no problems until tonight!!! i like to put the roof down every few weeks just to keep it all working an check for any problems, due to the weather havent had a chance to. anyway just put it down and the two little plastic parts that spin out (not sure of proper name) well only one of them spun out, had the happen a few times but find by pressin the roof close button so it spins back in then pressin roof open again they normally both work! not this time!!! instead it just stuck as it is! so now my roof is in the boot and my boot lid open! whatever button i press (open or close) the one little spinny thing comes out an the two spinny things on the boot lid move but thats all!!!

hope i'v made sense with what i've wrote!! any ideas what might be wrong??

I had exactly the same problem a couple of weeks ago with my 1.8 design 09reg. I've often had a problem with one of them sticking particularly when I use the key to activate the roof. Anyway two weeks ago, mine did exactly the same and I drove under the cover of darkness at 7.20am to the local Vauxhall dealership with the roof in the boot, the boot open and the 'plastic parcel shelf' from where the flaps come out stuck in the air like an aerofoil. Had to have two new motors fitted under warranty. All fine now, infact I suspect there always was a problem with it as now it works fine with the key!

so you dont know how to put the roof up and down by hand then ?

Neil40 wrote:

borgy wrote:had my 06 1.8 sport for about 6 months!! had no problems until tonight!!! i like to put the roof down every few weeks just to keep it all working an check for any problems, due to the weather havent had a chance to. anyway just put it down and the two little plastic parts that spin out (not sure of proper name) well only one of them spun out, had the happen a few times but find by pressin the roof close button so it spins back in then pressin roof open again they normally both work! not this time!!! instead it just stuck as it is! so now my roof is in the boot and my boot lid open! whatever button i press (open or close) the one little spinny thing comes out an the two spinny things on the boot lid move but thats all!!!

hope i'v made sense with what i've wrote!! any ideas what might be wrong??

I had exactly the same problem a couple of weeks ago with my 1.8 design 09reg. I've often had a problem with one of them sticking particularly when I use the key to activate the roof. Anyway two weeks ago, mine did exactly the same and I drove under the cover of darkness at 7.20am to the local Vauxhall dealership with the roof in the boot, the boot open and the 'plastic parcel shelf' from where the flaps come out stuck in the air like an aerofoil. Had to have two new motors fitted under warranty. All fine now, infact I suspect there always was a problem with it as now it works fine with the key!

my head was battered when it happend! its been working fine since its all been lubricated tho. i even treated all my rubber seals today with the silicone spray stuff! that was messy! couldnt resist goin for a quick spin with the roof down while i was at it. got some funny looks with it only bein 5 degrees out!

Twintop, not too sure about neil40. but i'v got the instruction book on how to do the manual roof procedure, and from the looks of it the roof either has to be in the fully open posistion or the fully closed posistion for it to be of any use. our roofs are going into the boot as they should, but the parcel shelf doesnt come back down and the boot lid doesnt close so we cant do it manually!

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Yes I have my instruction book too. Although it wasn't a lot of help when i had to manually put up the roof. The AA chap in the end put on a video in his van. The roof had just gone into the boot and the boot was still up in the air when it jammed (and guess what... his video didn't account for that! lol). Hence was a total nightmare to get to the pressure release valve. We finally managed to 'unclip' the hinge on the boot and in the end it came up completely on so that we were able to get to the valve and then manually put up the roof. Put it this way, I will be renewing the AA membership when my free year which came with the car expires!! - I should point out .... Other vehicle recovery and assistance services are available!!!

I can better your 30 months with 1 roof failure i brought mine on tuesday of this week and it is now back in the garage as of 5pm yesterday! they have told me that the roller curtain in the boot is whats at fault because it does not retract, this is fortunately being repaired under my warrenty. is this a quick fix? as i have to collect my car and wait till next week for the part to come in.

The roof will not operate unless it IS in place ie across the boot so the fact that it won't retract is irrelevant because the detectors are in the little cups that hold the curtain open...

when i took it back to the garage to look at having this part replaced (this was before the roof itself became faulty) the guy at the service desk pulled the curtain which jammed it out further. Bacause of this being done i have been told the roof must not be used at all and have to wait for the part to come on wednesday.

Hi,
I Took ownership of my Sport TT last night and love it. Picked up allot of tips from this forum, thanks... but excuse my ignorance.. what exactly is a PRE-icer.... which I need to spray around my windows in the winter ? is it the same as a DE-icer which I would use on my windscreen?
Also does anyone know of anywhere I can get a windbreak without paying the earth from the dealership ?
thanks

Dear Aliwoo, I have just bought a wind deflector on e-bay, I paid £75 for it.
You can pay a lot more for them, you might be lucky and pay less.

Red Leader wrote:I post this advice for the benefit of all new members. Strongly recommend you get a waterproof cover to store in the boot. I've experienced one roof failure in 30 months of ownership and luckily it was a lovely sunny day. But imagine if you're driving roof down and suddenly it pours and the roof fails!!!!!!!!!!!

Get a waterproof cover for your boot JUST IN CASE!!

You can get them very cheaply on ebay and if nothing else if gives you peace of mind

Is there a particular size required?
No Aldi 's near my neck of the woods yet, unfortuneately
Regards

ROUGHNECK6ZERO wrote:

Red Leader wrote:I post this advice for the benefit of all new members. Strongly recommend you get a waterproof cover to store in the boot. I've experienced one roof failure in 30 months of ownership and luckily it was a lovely sunny day. But imagine if you're driving roof down and suddenly it pours and the roof fails!!!!!!!!!!!

Get a waterproof cover for your boot JUST IN CASE!!

You can get them very cheaply on ebay and if nothing else if gives you peace of mind

Is there a particular size required?
No Aldi 's near my neck of the woods yet, unfortuneately
Regards

Got mine of Ebay for under a tenner delivered?

Thanks will have a gander there. Size wise, will astra 3 door fit or what do you reckon?

when quoted to pre ice i presume that means deicing before opening door,any more suggestions because until a few days ago i hadnt thought of iced up windows

Also handy to have de-icer in the boot as opposed to in the car.