Opening the top

1. Start the engine.

1. Start the engine.
2. Push OPEN on the soft top operating switch and hold it until the top is fully opened.

The soft top indicator light will illuminate while the top is in motion. (In about 20 seconds, the opening movement will finish and the indicator light turns off.)
Windows will automatically be fully opened.

3. Release the switch when the top is fully opened. (The indicator light turns off.)

NOTE:

If you release the switch and press it again while the top is being opened, the top will slightly move to the closing direction, then start moving to the opening direction again. The top is designed to move in this way. It is not a malfunction.

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