You are an ABSOLUTE LEGEND. My roof stopped working months ago... no beeping, nothing. I’ve just spent 20 minutes doing what you recommended in this video and it worked FIRST TIME! Pulled the button up, heard the most beautiful *BEEEEP* ever and the roof folded straight back. I didn’t remove the entire door panel, just unsnapped the control panel with a flat-headed screwdriver from the rear. Had to use a thin one and dig quite deep but it did pop out pretty quickly, so I’d recommend this method to save time and sweat! Used a cotton stick with some WD-40 sprayed on one tip to clean the discs then used the dry end to polish them. The discs do look clean at first but as soon as you start cleaning them you can see all the dirt coming off on the cotton. Thanks so much for this video mate. My local Vauxhall dealership wanted £130 just to diagnose the problem! Then they probably would have had my pants down for another £300 to fix it after that. What a great morning it’s been :D Sun’s out, I’m off for a drive.
Cheers mate, it worked only there is a simpler workaround to get the switch out. You don't need to remove the whole door panel. You can remove the switch with a flathead screwdriver. At the backend there is a click system if you put your screwdriver in there the switch pops out. Then you can remove the cable. Max 30 min of work. But ten thumps up you rock
UPDATE FIX: Contact cleaning spray with oil that dissolves dirt, grease, oxides and oils, etc. Suitable for eg. Switches, relays, potentiometers and channel selector. Leaves a microtunnel lubricant protective film that protects against corrosion and moisturizing. Eliminates high contact resistance and voltage drop (not electrically conductive). Removes misspell immediately. Does not attack plastic material. Volume: 165 ml. www.kjell.com/se/sortiment/hem-kontor-fritid/kontorstillbehor/kemi-spray-lim/spray-olja-isopropanol/prf-7-78-kontaktspray-p18371
Great advice and now my roof works perfectly. But as you're showing by video it would be more demonstrative to show in the video the removal stages and processes instead of just narrating it. Otherwise 100% great advice.Tnx
Thank you! You helped me out! My Tigra TwinTop Stands in the Winter, and now the Roof wanted Not to Open. I sprayed the Switch with Spray Oil (Universal that are also contact spray). Now its working!👍👍👍
Cheers mate, you're right - just fixed ours in 10 minutes following your advice, carbon contacts in rubber pad cleaned - works like new again! (ps - no need to remove door panel, just pop out switch from rear). Top video.
I cant get my switch panel out and ive scratched it now a bit up on the sides and still not fixed... I should have followed the guys advice from the video I guess because poping it out just scratches it all up :(
Wow, that's just saved £100 from Vauxhall diagnosics as a minimum. Cleaned the gold contacts and the rubber membrane with a bit of the wife's nail polish remover and an ear bud, and the roof is working again a treat. Wife is a happy bunny, steak for me tonight :-)
Great tip, my roof is working again! The fact that operating the roof switch resulted in no roof action AND in no warning signal, indicated that the switch might be the cause of the malfunction. Indeed it was. Shifting the door panel upwards for removal is not possible however. I found out it's better to pull the panel perpendicular away from the door, after releasing all the bolts. Some of the snappers (2 at each vertical end) for the door panels may break, but the same happened when I tried to shift vertically up. Anyway, these snappers are inexpensive. Note that the cover of the door handle has to be shifted upwards in order to remove them and gain access to the two bolts underneath. After removing the door panel, the switch panel had to be removed from the door panel. In my case this had such a tight fit, that I don't think this can be done without removing the door panel first, without damaging anything. For those who want to try anyway: as written in another comment, indeed lift the switch panel at the REAR side, the snapper is in the center of the rear side. Then the final cleaning: the carbon contacts looked alright and clean. However, after cleaning with contact spray on a white tissue, only the faulty contact did make the tissue dirty. Thanks again for the video!
My roof wouldn’t work nor boot from door switch but would beep with handbrake off ??? Switch out cleaned and everything now works Just have to find why my ABS light comes on (faintly) when ignition is switched off ??? 👍🏻
I prized out the module and took out the four screws on the inner part of the circuit board….Yep it works fine , we used white spirit as that’s all we had. I’m still left with the drivers door window in the up position but at least the roof works… Many thanks..
BRILLIANT!!! It worked!!! I Will ad though if anyone is going to do this, to save a lot of time & bother you can prise the window switch cluster out without taking the door card off. Just use a small very thin screwdriver behind the end with the switch for the roof & prise it up, its out in seconds. Then use the thin screwdriver to ease off the connector. Took me 15 minutes to remove, clean & re-fit & roof down! Thanks again.
Cleaning up the dirt under the button worked... My roof is opening up again after 2.5 years of not trying to resolve it. I was afraid of huge costs.. This cost me nothing and the roof is opening again!!! THANKS!!
WOW absolutely spot on!!! thanks so much for posting this!! ......like others have said, no need to remove door trip, flipped the controller unit out using flat screwdriver at the rear, cleaned contacts as described ....my roof, boot and passenger window which had all stopped functioning, now work like a charm - thanks again
Good on you mate that's my car fixed thanks for the info builds a bit of confidence in future that I don't always need to spend ££££££ on mechanics cheers God bless
I have this exact problem. But DO NOT DO THIS unless you're a good car DIYer, as getting the door trim off is not easy as suggested here, infect I think I've broken the trim & will now have to go to a garage anyway.
Thank you so much. I was sure it had ruined from the recent below freezing weather but I tried what you said which took 10 mins and it worked!!! You’ve even helped me fix my lock too (I bought it at 15y old I thought it would never work) you’re amazing!!
Well done! For coming up with the idea to make a video "trouble shooting" and finding one of main problems being the switch mechanism (drivers door panel) on the Vauxhall Tigra. This is obviously a common fault! Looking at the views and comments on this page. Since, this video has been made there has been lots of other videos based under your initial concept. And it seems, if it wasn't for you taking the time to investigate and post, most of us would have paid a lot of money! And wasted a lot of time! To resolve this issue. Thank you!
Just read this today and wanted to say a massive thank you...a whole year and a bit of my roof not working and stupid quotes to be fixed in excess of 500,!!!,!, my other half read your comments and tried it and it worked,,,,,,, thank u again....very happy Tigra owner
Did spend near 172 dollar inkl. Swedish tax at Opel reseller (Borås) for finding NO error codes! The temporary fix was to move the roof button sideways at the same time as I did lift it, try doing this i little hard until you hear the roof starts opening and keep lifting the button. A near 100 prof to that there is dust or oxid inside the buttons. If this works Peter Trenholms cleaning advise is the way to go before buying new buttons. One hour at Opel reseller did cost 1.550 SEK a very bad investment :-(
Lovely, thank you. The sign telling it's the switch being the culprit is no noises at all. As you say. Have ended up by accident buying one of these little cars. Roof doesn't work, hoping for either this issue, or a faulty interlock.
You're the best :D I've just cleaned the switches in my girlfriend's car with 97% alcohol and ear buds, now the roof working just like new :D You don't need to disassembly the whole door panel, all you need to do is pry the switches up with a flat screwdriver from the bottom side there is a place to insert a screwdriver it's a 5 min work. Good luck!
Great video thank you you save me loads of money but don't need to take the door card off flat ended screwdriver flips the switches up but thank you all the same
Please, please don't use WD on switches. It leaves residue which attract dirt and moisture. Anyhoo...you know how to re-do the procedure in autumn. Use proper contact cleaner instead. In general, just don't use WD40 on your car. It does not do any good. It's intended to keep 1960's rockets rust free. Sadly, marketing has made everyone believe WD is the bee's knees. It's not!
Hi Peter, when you had this problem, did the boot still open when the button at the rear of the car was pressed? (I have the same as you, no sound, no beeps, no roof movement, but the boot won't open via door switch or metal button at the rear). Thank you mate
@@williammathias1441 cool! I’m thinking of maybe getting one as a 2nd car. The roof won’t open (boot does as far a I know). Might be an easy fix if one of these issues 😉
@@UrZNL the main issue is wetness in the drivers side footwell. The fix is re sealing the pedal box gasket. isn't too bad a job, it took me a day or so and worked.
You are an ABSOLUTE LEGEND. My roof stopped working months ago... no beeping, nothing. I’ve just spent 20 minutes doing what you recommended in this video and it worked FIRST TIME! Pulled the button up, heard the most beautiful *BEEEEP* ever and the roof folded straight back.
I didn’t remove the entire door panel, just unsnapped the control panel with a flat-headed screwdriver from the rear. Had to use a thin one and dig quite deep but it did pop out pretty quickly, so I’d recommend this method to save time and sweat!
Used a cotton stick with some WD-40 sprayed on one tip to clean the discs then used the dry end to polish them. The discs do look clean at first but as soon as you start cleaning them you can see all the dirt coming off on the cotton.
Thanks so much for this video mate. My local Vauxhall dealership wanted £130 just to diagnose the problem! Then they probably would have had my pants down for another £300 to fix it after that.
What a great morning it’s been :D Sun’s out, I’m off for a drive.
Lovely, Thank you, Sir!!
That did it. Getting the switch open with the tip from the other mate with a screwdriver is much quicker. Thanks mate !
Cheers mate, it worked only there is a simpler workaround to get the switch out. You don't need to remove the whole door panel. You can remove the switch with a flathead screwdriver. At the backend there is a click system if you put your screwdriver in there the switch pops out. Then you can remove the cable. Max 30 min of work. But ten thumps up you rock
UPDATE FIX: Contact cleaning spray with oil that dissolves dirt, grease, oxides and oils, etc. Suitable for eg. Switches, relays, potentiometers and channel selector. Leaves a microtunnel lubricant protective film that protects against corrosion and moisturizing. Eliminates high contact resistance and voltage drop (not electrically conductive). Removes misspell immediately. Does not attack plastic material. Volume: 165 ml.
www.kjell.com/se/sortiment/hem-kontor-fritid/kontorstillbehor/kemi-spray-lim/spray-olja-isopropanol/prf-7-78-kontaktspray-p18371
Great advice and now my roof works perfectly. But as you're showing by video it would be more demonstrative to show in the video the removal stages and processes instead of just narrating it. Otherwise 100% great advice.Tnx
Thank you!
You helped me out!
My Tigra TwinTop Stands in the Winter, and now the Roof wanted Not to Open.
I sprayed the Switch with Spray Oil (Universal that are also contact spray).
Now its working!👍👍👍
Update, Not for Long.
Now i repair the Switch.
Cheers mate, you're right - just fixed ours in 10 minutes following your advice, carbon contacts in rubber pad cleaned - works like new again! (ps - no need to remove door panel, just pop out switch from rear). Top video.
I cant get my switch panel out and ive scratched it now a bit up on the sides and still not fixed... I should have followed the guys advice from the video I guess because poping it out just scratches it all up :(
Wow, that's just saved £100 from Vauxhall diagnosics as a minimum. Cleaned the gold contacts and the rubber membrane with a bit of the wife's nail polish remover and an ear bud, and the roof is working again a treat. Wife is a happy bunny, steak for me tonight :-)
Great tip, my roof is working again! The fact that operating the roof switch resulted in no roof action AND in no warning signal, indicated that the switch might be the cause of the malfunction. Indeed it was. Shifting the door panel upwards for removal is not possible however. I found out it's better to pull the panel perpendicular away from the door, after releasing all the bolts. Some of the snappers (2 at each vertical end) for the door panels may break, but the same happened when I tried to shift vertically up. Anyway, these snappers are inexpensive. Note that the cover of the door handle has to be shifted upwards in order to remove them and gain access to the two bolts underneath. After removing the door panel, the switch panel had to be removed from the door panel. In my case this had such a tight fit, that I don't think this can be done without removing the door panel first, without damaging anything. For those who want to try anyway: as written in another comment, indeed lift the switch panel at the REAR side, the snapper is in the center of the rear side. Then the final cleaning: the carbon contacts looked alright and clean. However, after cleaning with contact spray on a white tissue, only the faulty contact did make the tissue dirty. Thanks again for the video!
My roof wouldn’t work nor boot from door switch but would beep with handbrake off ???
Switch out cleaned and everything now works
Just have to find why my ABS light comes on (faintly) when ignition is switched off ???
👍🏻
I prized out the module and took out the four screws on the inner part of the circuit board….Yep it works fine , we used white spirit as that’s all we had. I’m still left with the drivers door window in the up position but at least the roof works…
Many thanks..
Amazing !!! Cheers mate!!! That’s really working!!! Just fixed my roof now!!! Working perfectly !!!
Thanks for the tip! £7 on contact cleaner and job done. Don't need to remove the door trim though as the switch housing just pops right out :)
BRILLIANT!!! It worked!!! I Will ad though if anyone is going to do this, to save a lot of time & bother you can prise the window switch cluster out without taking the door card off. Just use a small very thin screwdriver behind the end with the switch for the roof & prise it up, its out in seconds. Then use the thin screwdriver to ease off the connector. Took me 15 minutes to remove, clean & re-fit & roof down! Thanks again.
Why no demonstration?
Mine doesn't have screws , just 6 silver heads that look like they carnt be removed . My boot wont open also .. any advice please x
Cleaning up the dirt under the button worked... My roof is opening up again after 2.5 years of not trying to resolve it. I was afraid of huge costs.. This cost me nothing and the roof is opening again!!! THANKS!!
Did the windows still work before you cleaned the switch?
Could the switch also cause an intermittent fault?
Thanks bud you are spot on .did what you said and it works .thank you.
just one more thing!!! You don’t need to remove door trim!!!!
Thanks for your helpfulness man
WOW absolutely spot on!!! thanks so much for posting this!! ......like others have said, no need to remove door trip, flipped the controller unit out using flat screwdriver at the rear, cleaned contacts as described ....my roof, boot and passenger window which had all stopped functioning, now work like a charm - thanks again
"You have changed the BCCU?" What is the BCCU? What is the abbreviation for the BCCU? Can you describe what it is, please?
Thanks
Good on you mate that's my car fixed thanks for the info builds a bit of confidence in future that I don't always need to spend ££££££ on mechanics cheers God bless
Fixed my roof today thanks to your toptip. The carbon disks did not look dirty. But cleaning them worked its magic!
Co raději ukázat jak to funguje než breptat o cudlikach
Top video that really solved my problem! Thanks Peter!
How do you open the door handle ?
I have this exact problem. But DO NOT DO THIS unless you're a good car DIYer, as getting the door trim off is not easy as suggested here, infect I think I've broken the trim & will now have to go to a garage anyway.
You don’t need to take the door trim off, just to pop out the control panel from the right end with a flat head screwdriver
Thank you so so much
great tip, thanks for sharing!
Fantastic so glad I found you! Thank you it works perfectly now :-)
Thank you so much. I was sure it had ruined from the recent below freezing weather but I tried what you said which took 10 mins and it worked!!! You’ve even helped me fix my lock too (I bought it at 15y old I thought it would never work)
you’re amazing!!
Mate thanks for that I done what you said and it worked perfectly bless your cotton socks cheers mate 😊👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Well done! For coming up with the idea to make a video "trouble shooting" and finding one of main problems being the switch mechanism (drivers door panel) on the Vauxhall Tigra.
This is obviously a common fault! Looking at the views and comments on this page.
Since, this video has been made there has been lots of other videos based under your initial concept. And it seems, if it wasn't for you taking the time to investigate and post, most of us would have paid a lot of money! And wasted a lot of time! To resolve this issue.
Thank you!
Just read this today and wanted to say a massive thank you...a whole year and a bit of my roof not working and stupid quotes to be fixed in excess of 500,!!!,!, my other half read your comments and tried it and it worked,,,,,,, thank u again....very happy Tigra owner
Did spend near 172 dollar inkl. Swedish tax at Opel reseller (Borås) for finding NO error codes! The temporary fix was to move the roof button sideways at the same time as I did lift it, try doing this i little hard until you hear the roof starts opening and keep lifting the button. A near 100 prof to that there is dust or oxid inside the buttons. If this works Peter Trenholms cleaning advise is the way to go before buying new buttons. One hour at Opel reseller did cost 1.550 SEK a very bad investment :-(
Lovely, thank you.
The sign telling it's the switch being the culprit is no noises at all. As you say.
Have ended up by accident buying one of these little cars. Roof doesn't work, hoping for either this issue, or a faulty interlock.
You're the best :D I've just cleaned the switches in my girlfriend's car with 97% alcohol and ear buds, now the roof working just like new :D You don't need to disassembly the whole door panel, all you need to do is pry the switches up with a flat screwdriver from the bottom side there is a place to insert a screwdriver it's a 5 min work. Good luck!
Thank you for your video. We had the same problem with our tigra rooftop. We tryed what you did and it really works!
Excellent advice..just sorted it in under an hour. Thanks!
Great video thank you you save me loads of money but don't need to take the door card off flat ended screwdriver flips the switches up but thank you all the same
That was a great help - Thank You!!!
Thank you so much for this video..... as true to your word my wife’s roof is now working after your information on how to fix it.... thanks again.👍
Great video! Just fixed my car in no time. Thanks
My car wont start the accelerator keep flashing
thats a lot of tigra b's with working roofs again lol.
Great! This video solved my problem!
Thank you so much x
Just did it with dw40 worked great !! Thx mate !!
Please, please don't use WD on switches. It leaves residue which attract dirt and moisture.
Anyhoo...you know how to re-do the procedure in autumn.
Use proper contact cleaner instead.
In general, just don't use WD40 on your car. It does not do any good.
It's intended to keep 1960's rockets rust free. Sadly, marketing has made everyone believe WD is the bee's knees. It's not!
Hi Peter, when you had this problem, did the boot still open when the button at the rear of the car was pressed? (I have the same as you, no sound, no beeps, no roof movement, but the boot won't open via door switch or metal button at the rear). Thank you mate
Did you fix it? If so what was wrong?
@@UrZNL Hi, the hydraulic fluid in the boot was low (take out boot divider and look under carpet on RHS)
@@williammathias1441 cool! I’m thinking of maybe getting one as a 2nd car. The roof won’t open (boot does as far a I know). Might be an easy fix if one of these issues 😉
@@UrZNL the main issue is wetness in the drivers side footwell. The fix is re sealing the pedal box gasket. isn't too bad a job, it took me a day or so and worked.
@@williammathias1441 how did you fix the footwell issue! I have it at the moment and it’s so so bad.
Cheers buddy, I'll give that a go when the weather cheers up 😉
No noise at all with mine, just stopped working, though the boot still operates