I've just purchased a 2008 SLK 200. Does anyone know how to put the rear quarter windows up whilst top down.

SIDE WINDOWS WON'T GO UP WHEN THE ROOF IS CHANGED FROM CONVERTIVAL TO HARD TOP
This is how my car looks, with the windows down. Can anyone help me?

good day. Your slk is currently in 'limp mode' that's why it's stuck in first gear. you shouyld have it checked by a mechanic to reset the codes and find the faults.

The micro switches for the hard top latches are bad and not sending a closed signal to the control module. When they stop working the control module doesn't know the top is closed so it doesn't raise the windows. Those micro switches are known to go bad. I have changed quite a few of them before.

USE A TYRE IRON AND A TOWEL FOR PRISING THE TOP OF THE DOOR AWAY FROM THE BODY WHILST A HELPER FISHES OUT THE KEYS WITH A WIRE COATHANGER,to reshape door,use a block of wood 1/2 way down the rear of the door when the window is down and push back to shape.(this is what bodyshops call "adjusting")

If the top is half way down that means that the trunk is open and should be touching the trunk switch to continue the process. The switch must be bad and it is inside the rear right fender close the the stop light

The window regulator is in need of inspection or replacement. the gear on the knob assembly is not contacting the window gear, therefor it will not operate the window from the knob while cranking.

First check that you have oil on the hydraulic pump that it is inside the trunk on the rear right fender the oil should be between the marks. If thats ok check when you put the ignition on if the switch that operates the roof is on, should be off, on means that something is wrong, if blinks 6 times one of the 5 or 7 switchs are not closed, check one by one. check the two that close the trunk at the middle, the cover, the trunk limit switch, the trunk switch

The rear windows are controlled by a timer in the top's ECU. If
the rear windows stop fully closing before your top is closed, the
problem MAY be with top's hydraulic system.

Check your top's hydraulic reserve tank for low fluid level. Lack
of fluid will greatly delay the top's closing sequence, leaving
those rear windows partially open.
Your top's hydraulic pump system is located beneath the right side
of the cubby/storage box behind the front seats. Raise the cover
and you'll see a removable trim panel on the right side. The pump
is behind that access panel.

You can use power steering fluid to top off the tank, but don't
fill it above level indicator line. You may have to add more fluid
after you cycle the top up and down to get the air bubbles out of
the lines.
It could also be a relay. On a 95 the relays that are in the trunk above the battery.
Perhaps, just switching the relays might prove which one is failing..

Sounds like maybe some pin switches for interlocks have gone bad. Open your trunk and look for the rubber booted switches and try holding them or shorting them, if you make the top move it shows you which ones are bad.

This symptom almost always points to a lubrication issue. The SLK hardtop is notorious for needing to belubricated every couple of years. Here is a link with directions andphotos:

http://www.benzworld.org/forums/r170-slk-class/1426014-lubing-vario-roof-pics-1-krytox.html

Mark Andrews