Tailgate Latch: Adjustments

51 24 004 - Adjusting rear lid lock





Prerequisite:
Rear lid must be correctly adjusted to fit; if necessary, adjust rear lid Adjustments.





Note:
The operation is shown on the left side; proceed in the same way for the right side.

Slacken screws (1) until striker (2) can be moved.
Close rear lid and keep release button pressed so that lock snaps closed.
This corrects the position of the striker.
Open rear lid.
Tighten down screws (1).
Tightening torque 51 24 4AZ [1][2]Specifications.
Check alignment of rear lid and striker, readjust if necessary.
Adjust rear lid buffers to body-cutout.





Important!
Do not adjust buffers too far as this would result in pretension during vertical adjustment.