Fully Automatic Soft Top: Notes

As series standard, the MINI Convertible is equipped with a fully automatic, electrohydraulic soft top. It is operated by means of a button above the inside mirror. Opening and/or closing the soft top takes around 15 seconds (with side windows, approx. 18 seconds). A folding sun roof is integrated in the soft top. To open the soft top, the folding sun roof must first be fully opened. Pulling the button again opens the soft top.

Loading aid: Before setting down, the tensioning bar must be locked by hand on both sides.

Pulling the button for soft top operation towards the rear opens the folding sun roof first. Opening up to the maximum opening position is possible at a speed of up to 120 km/h. Above 120 km/h, the folding sun roof remains in the position it last assumed (until the vehicle has been moving slower than approx. 115 km/h for 2 seconds). The drive for the folding sunroof is arranged in the center. Two bowden cables move the gates on the right and left.

If the button is operated again after opening the folding sun roof, all the windows are lowered simultaneously. The cowl panel is then unlocked and the soft top opened. The complete soft top is stored and locked in the stored state. The window are closed completely. Opening the soft top is possible at a speed of up to 30 km/h. Above this speed, the soft top movement is stopped. The instrument panel issues a Check Control message. The green LED starts to flash. As of a speed of 50 km/h, a fault memory entry is made. The soft top is moved by hydraulic cylinders. The are supplied with oil by a two-directional hydraulic pump across a short pressure line from the luggage compartment area. The reversal of the direction of rotation of the pump determines the direction of movement.

NOTE: For R57, R58 and R59, the power window regulator on the passenger's side does not have an anti-trap mechanism and therefore does not have a toll function. This means that there is also no convenient closing function of the power window regulator on the passenger's side.

On the R57, complete convenient closing including soft top can be performed only by means of the key in the door lock. The window on the passenger's side will remain down in the case of operation with ID transmitter.