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Roof Flaps/ Knocks at speed

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At speeds over 60 my 53 plate 2.7 Box roof flaps and knocks. It sounds like the cables hitting the roof bars. I have posted / searched on other sites and found this to be quite a common problem. Well known by OPC's as they have a fix which I understand involves inserting foam into the roof. Spoke to my OPC and they said I would never get it fixed under the extended warranty.. Frankly its a rubbish situation.. The roof flaps and knocks.. They have designed a fix for it which in itself proves there is an original problem so why not fix it? Waiting for OPC to price up the job but they said its very very time intensive.. Has anyone on here had it fixed under the extended warranty? Or anyone discussed this wth Porsche HQ?

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At speeds over 60 my 53 plate 2.7 Box roof flaps and knocks. It sounds like the cables hitting the roof bars. I have posted / searched on other sites and found this to be quite a common problem. Well known by OPC's as they have a fix which I understand involves inserting foam into the roof. Spoke to my OPC and they said I would never get it fixed under the extended warranty.. Frankly its a rubbish situation.. The roof flaps and knocks.. They have designed a fix for it which in itself proves there is an original problem so why not fix it? Waiting for OPC to price up the job but they said its very very time intensive.. Has anyone on here had it fixed under the extended warranty? Or anyone discussed this wth Porsche HQ?

Cheers
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If it isn't excluded from warranty cover then they should pay for it = check your warranty book.
 
I had a similar sound as you have describes at high speeds but it wasn't continous, just momentarily and was certainly not like cables hitting the roof bars, it was more like a cable hitting the canvas. Flaps and knocks is what I would have described it as. Anyway, OPC fixed it by tightening the side cables (which you can see from the sides when the roof is half way). My is a 53 plate too (but a Boxster S, which has a slightly different roof framework I believe)...

Mine was done at the London region free health check day at the OPC and it was a couple of minutes job.
 
Thanks I'll ask the service manager. However it was his suggestion to insert the foam.
Cheers

 
The foam insert slides into the groove on the upper side of the first cross bar - the one nearest the windscreen - if you run your finger across the bar/rib with the roioif closed you can feel the groove. Mine had the foam fitted during service, i left the car there all day, but others have had it fitted in under 3 hours.
 
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