Tecqboy, many thanks for your insight into what might be causing the problem with my soft top. Your comments caused me to look at this situation from a different perspective. When the MB dealer did a re-sync on the latches the top worked fine. When the hard top was put back on it once again set the stage for this situation. I had been thinking that the system seemed to be working harder than necessary to release the hard top. I will be checking the hard top for bent or mis-aligned latch pins etc. Thanks again!