1998 Pontiac Sunfire Owner's Manual - Page 127

Lowering the Top Manually 1. Set the parking brake and shift your automatic transaxle to PARK (P) or your manual transaxle to NEUTRAL (N). Turn the engine off. NOTICE: Do not attempt to lower the top manually as damage to the vehicle will occur.the top fails If to raise or lower complletely, see "Raising the Top Manually" following. 2. Push the button in the latch handle and rotate the handle down. 3. Open the trunk. I I Raising the Top Manually If your vehicle loses power, or something else happens that prevents you from raising the top electrically, you may need to raise the top manually. This will allow you to safely drive the vehicle until you can get the top repaired, Raising the convertible top manually should only be done in an emergency and requires two people. Before you do these steps, check to make sure that the bypass switch in the trunk is switched up tothe NORMAL OPERATION position, If it is not, switch it to the NORMAL OPERATION position and see if the power top works. Convertible Bypass Switch 2-57