?Faulty roof - Electrical problems :(

[Ellie11883]

Hi. Just bought a 206 cc 2001 in Cyprus. Just recently there has been a constant interior alarm going off - no visual warning light. Would I be correct in thinking this is the roof? It just suddenly came on the alarm. I haven't had the roof down, the screen in the boot is across and the release mechanisms locked etc. All the 'obvious' things checked. Anyway, some guy looked at it for me, asked me to stop midway to opening the roof, now the roof is stuck as to the windows.... non of the electrical (window/roof) are responding. The fuses have been checked and seem a okay.... we've managed to manually get the roof down, windows up.... any suggestions what might have caused this? I have read you aren't to stop midway when taking down the roof... didn't know this before! and what was the bleeping noise prior? in short, can this problem(s) be fixed? Thanks in advance, Ellie

[Capncol]

Hi Ellie, and welcome.
Have a look through the "roof problems" section http://www.peugeot206cc.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=5 Load of info there that should help. Try the resets first & come back if it doesn't sort you out

[Ellie11883]

Thank-you for the intel. I will do indeed.

[TheMechanic]

Hi.... you can stop the roof cycle at any time,,,,, for safety reasons, but no longer than 5 mins..... and it will still work ok.

these modern cars have Computers inside them, not just sensors and relays.... these computers are not much different from your Home PC or Laptop, meaning, that they can think and make choices depending on the information coming in, they then learn from it and make changes, Untill sometimes they start to get confused and jammed up...or just stuck in a never ending routine, and so nothing works untill its finished.
Like a Web Page freezing or a Sat-nav re-calculating a route-gettiing confused and crashing.
As usual its up to us Humans to Stop em in their tracks and reset them going again.

Try this 1st...
the basic reseting methods for the BSi and Body control computer,.. find internal fuse box, locate & remove the large 'SH' shunt fuse (its the comps main in feed, and the Comp' will run down and stop) WAIT 30 Minutes..... then put it back in .
shut and Lock the car, and WAIT 30 mins.... (it will do its re boot and should restore to defalutls mode) and then go to sleep..
hopefully you should now be starting back at the Factory settings for almost everything.
just re-programme the Radio channels & Clocks...... DONE....

thats it...no tools, or messing about... . try and see if it worked for you.

[GrandadMonkey]

Good info yes, but if you do stop the roof mid-cycle for a brief time, don't switch off the ignition, and remember to restart the roof in the same direction.