[R129 SL] Soft Top and Roll Bar Indicator Lights On - Soft Top Control Unit

[Jody Techlin]

Hello All,
The mechanic called this afternoon with the reason why my 1996 SL320's roll bar light and soft top activation button light are lighted.  In my case itr is the soft top control unit which has failed.  This just so happend to coincide with when I had the car detailed but the detailer had nothing to do with the units failure.  The trusted shop I use shopped for the part, if we purchase the replacement part from the MB dealer network it is $2100; if purchasing a remanufactured unit with the same 1 year unlimited mileage warrenty the price is $925 so needless to say we are using the remanufactured unit.  I am surprised the original unit failed with so few miles on the car but age is age I guess. I would like to thank the many people (Daneal, Jim, Rolfe, SJS and others) for their assistance and advice. I was hoping the problem would be much less costly but I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. Thanks again one and all.
Best regards,
Jody
1996 SL320, 29k
Punta Gorda, FL


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