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Soft-top isn't closing properly...? please help!

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Old May 31, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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I've owned my car for about a year now and this is the first time this has happened. I rolled my top back up from a random day of driving and the driver side latch wasn't closing properly. The passenger side closed just fine, but it seems like I have to force the driver side latch to secure it. You can see the difference in the pics below from the outside. Also, I can hear wind blowing in through the cabin since this has happened.







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This hasn't happened to me before so I was wondering if it's happened to anyone else? Can this be easily fixed?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Old May 31, 2010 | 05:59 PM
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grab the latch on the windshield frame and see if it's loose, if it shakes you'll need to tighten it back up.
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Old May 31, 2010 | 06:55 PM
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Very easy fix.
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Old Jun 2, 2010 | 02:37 PM
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So how would i go about fixing this? i literally have to force the driver side latch down, like there's something blocking it, but there is nothing blocking the top at all.
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Old Jun 3, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Same thing happened to mine. It felt like it was snagged on something. Get it open and you"ll see two small phillips-head screws that fasten the slide mechanism to the latch. Tighten those two screws and see what happens.
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