Mx 5 Roadster Coupe Roof Rattle

Does anyone else have an annoying metallic rattle from the mk3s roof catch the one between the headrests.

Mx 5 roadster coupe roof rattle. Whether the roof is up or down i get a noise as if the spring in the catch is resonating against something. Are you fixing your mx 5 yourself. The roadster coupe retains the mx 5 s traditional low slung stance so some drivers will have trouble getting settled in the seats. For the first time in the history of the mx 5 the car featured an electrically powered folding hardtop referred to as the power retractable hardtop or simply rht.

Retracts in just 12 seconds but can only be used when the vehicle is stationary. Mazda mx 5 roadster coupe 2 0 sports tech. Annoying rattle from roof catch posted in mx5 general car chat. 2013 mazda mx 5 roadster coupe with power folding hard top roof.

Mine is driving me crazy at the moment. Sometimes stuffing a rag under the handle of it will stop it. The roof still has to be manually unlatched before the roof can be lowered electrically which is a minor. Rattles creaks when going over bumps with the roof up.

To ensure that the mx 5 roadster coupe not sacrifice any of its low sports car crouch designers raised the boot lid 20 mm which allows the roof line to fall softly into the back of the car. Both concepts were based on the second generation mx 5 roadster but the cosmo 21 was a modern reinterpretation of the brilliant 1967 cosmo. The mx 5 roadster coupe was unveiled in london at the british international motor show. It s 2010 has 44 000 kms and rattle coming from the roof joints i think.

What have you tried so far. Http bit ly 1hqyqnq subscribe to the carbuyer youtube channel. The front edge of the roadster coupe s rear deck lid is placed 40 mm higher than the soft top. Mazda mx 5 roadster 2014 review.

The boot lip is high too which rather restricts access to what is otherwise a decently sized effort. Http bit ly 17k4fct subscribe to auto express. In 2006 mazda introduced a new model to the roadster family. It deserves a piece all its own so i won t get into that right now but suffice to say the concepts paved the way for the imminent arrival of an mx 5 coupe.

Raise the roof and it sits a mere centimetre taller than its fabric trimmed sibling. In short the arrangement isn t overly intrusive. What year is your mx 5.