PilotSi

Hi,

I just purchased an 02 S2000 -- and maybe I'm doing something wrong, but my passenger side latch tends to come undone when I hit a few bumps. It's very annoying and alittle scary.

Am I latching it incorrectly? My procedure is as follows:

1) E-brake up
2) Hit the switch
3) Grab the top and help guide it down
4) Press button on the side
5) Click the hook in and secure the latch handles.

I don't actually feel very secure about the latche handles as they seem to be very loose...is it broken?

Thanks for the help,

Intense

As long as your securing the latch handles, I would expect the latch to stay closed.

I'm assuming your doing the same procedure for the drivers and passenger side. Since you've indicated that it's just the passenger side that's the issue, I would rule out operator error.

The Honda dealer would be my next stop

Good luck

PilotSi

I just found a couple of threads, and they were complaining of the same problem. Looks like the latch catch is plastic? Maybe mine is broken and I didn't know it.

Is there any kind of "click" to indicate that it's secure?

Karl O.

IMO the soft top latches pretty much suck. I'm on my third set and they're broken again. Maybe I'm abusive or just stupid but I don't have much faith in them anymore.

PrimoGen

I have lost the little phillips head screws that hold the side button relase things in place and I constantly have to re tighten those when i feel the button get sloppy.

By-product of contant use and age me thinks :thumbdown:

Emil St-Hilaire

You're right,they're POS;leave the top down,or get a hardtop.

xviper

If the latch assemble on the top is broken, you would not have to press this button. Since you do, it may be something else that is causing you your problem. Once you "latch" the top assembly (the one with the "button" you have to squeeze), can you unlatch it WITHOUT squeezing the button? If so, the assembly is broken. If no, the assembly is most likely OK.
Now you have to look a the striker on the windshield. Is it scewed in tight? If not, then you need to take apart the trim and re-install the screws with Loctite. If the striker is solid, you may need new heavy duty striker plates.

PilotSi

Actually, I just checked and I can unlatch & relatch it without having to press on the button. I guess it's broken then?

Thanks for all the help guys.

xviper

Yup, it's busted. BOTH sides? If so, this would be extremely coincidental.

WPS

Is there a way to adjust them?. Pass side seems easier to latch than driver side. Maybe pass side getting looser.