Slk Vario Roof Maintenance

On this style of cylinders the factory installed hoses are permanently crimped to the cylinder.

Slk vario roof maintenance. The mercedes slk 172 cabriolet third generation continued with the popular two piece metal folding roof known as the vario roof which included a choice of a roof painted in the vehicle colour a panoramic vario roof with. My 1998 roof latch cylinder was leaking so badly i acn noo longer open the roof to repair it. Main dealers recommend a whole replacement roof system however we have found there is a repair that does necessitate the full cabriolet roof replacement and the water leaks can be significantly reduced and in most cases eliminated through our clever repair and expertise. The vario roof front latch cylinder repair can be a time consuming job.

Most of the time the vario roof operation work ok openig and closing but sometime specially in the last few weeks when i try to close the last step closing the small rear windows do not opwrate and the red light of the oper switch stay on but if some one push down the trunk over the lock inmediatly the. I have a 1998 230 slk.