Body - Water Drips From Opened trunk Lid

Date: February 14, 2008

Order No.: P-B-88.50/74

Supersedes:

Group: 88

SUBJECT:
All Model 211 and 219 Vehicles

Water Drips Out Of Trunk Lid

If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles of water dripping out of the open trunk lid, the water may enter through the trunk lid stops. Follow the procedure below to resolve this condition.

1. Unscrew the trunk lid stops.





2. Use a square bit to screw the buffer in by 2.5 turns (Figure 1).








3. Starting at the body (Figure 2), wrap butyl sealing profile into the threads all the way to the end (Figure 3), making sure that the butyl profile fits tightly, and press it down. The butyl profile must also touch the base. Length of butyl profile approx. 18 cm.





4. Fold back the remaining seal, wrap it all the way back and spread it along the threads (Figure 4).





5. Use a square bit to turn the buffer 25 turns back to its original position (Figure 5); distance 11 +/- 1 mm!





6. Coat the underside/base (Figure 6).

7. Screw the trunk lid stops in loosely.





8. Pull buffer outwards in direction of arrow (Figure 7).

9. Close and reopen the trunk lid.

10. Push buffer two notches inward and then tighten to 4 Nm.





Parts Information

Note:
The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair. This information has been generated on February 14, 2008. Please refer to Netstar --> Star TekInfo --> Star Time for the most current labor time allowance.





In Case of Warranty, use the table.