Well about a year ago I brought my car in to my dealer to have the top looked at as there was suppose to be a problem with the outer layer peeling off and causing accidents. So in I go and the guy has me out in about 45 min saying it was one of the easier ones to fix, just had to add some adhesive foam. About 3 months later I start getting a cracking popping sound, it sounds like loud static in a radio, and it's driving me nuts; so I bring it back and am told it is just a loose top and he says he put in some shims or some such and it should now be fine. OK. So I leave, and about a month later the same thing happens again-crap. I let it sit all winter and then when spring comes and it warms up, off I go and the first hot day that comes along pop, pop, pop-crap. So I bring it back and this time he installs some insert in the holes where the top latches down and says that should fix the problem! I get about 2 blocks away and pop, pop, pop.
So I'm bringing it back to the dealer, and I'm thinking, I didn't have a problem until I had the top in for that recall service, so I turn around and go home and put my clear top on; popping cured.
Back to the dealer. I tell him my story and we look at my original repair sheet; sure enough the guy had added a glue-foam to the inside of my top and obviously it couldn't take the heat and was the cause of the noise. So I tell the shop manager; I think I remember reading that if you couldn't fix the top it would be replaced so; 'I want a new top.' He looks at me like I'm crazy and says just a min. I see him go into the owners office and they start talking and then make a phone call. I go get a free cup of coffee. Half an hour later, the shop manager comes up to me and says, "Survey says you get a new top." Well, am I ever glad I kept the original recall letter from GM.
So he has to order me a new top which doesn't come painted, the body shop does the painting by matching the color of the original top which he keeps and sends back to GM. I think I really lucked out on this one; if I ha den't had the clear top to try I might not have been able to prove it was the repare job causing the problem; and I really like the clear top too. I think I'll use it in the summer and the painted top in the winter.
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Story of a Top.
I'm not really sure what other problems people are having with their removable roofs; but mine was just fine until I brought it in for that recall. I'm pretty sure they have solved the pealing problem by now; anyway if you do buy a C6 you'll be amazed at the difference; the car just feels tighter and no squeeks or rattles.
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