# Mustang convertible top problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-convertible-top-problem/56602>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mustang, ford\
**Created:** [October 19, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-convertible-top-problem/56602 "2010-10-19T18:09:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![waschweg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/74df32/32.png) [@waschweg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waschweg)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-convertible-top-problem/56602/1 "2010-10-19T18:09:35Z")

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I have a 2006 Ford Mustang with nearly 25,000 miles. In the past week when raising the top, it has been moving more slowly than in the past, and the motor for the top sounds strained. The top stops moving approximately an inch away from the latch at the top of the windshield.  
  
  
  
 Has anybody else had a similar experience? What is entailed in getting this problem fixed?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/mustang-convertible-top-problem/56602/2 "2010-10-19T18:16:48Z")

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First thing would be to have all the joints and sliding parts properly cleaned and lubricated.