boot lock/release fault?
Discussion
didn't put the model number in the thread title as i think it's a fairly universal part but anyways....
first of all there's a god awful creak/rattle at the rear of the passenger seat on my new Z4M coupe. it's hard to pin down but it "may" be coming from the bit of plastic trim below the rear quarter light window-very annoying! it's certainly not the seat rubbing against the back wall.
the second is a bit of a funny boot release. if i press the boot release switch on the key fob or in the cabin the boot unlocks & then locks in quick succession. if you press the key fob to unlock it with your hand under the boot edge you can open the boot by lifting it before it locks again. if you simply unlock the car & go to open the boot it won't open.
so it kind of unlocks-locks one after another.
could it be the lock servo? why doesn't the bmw badge open the boot even if it was the servo playing up?
i'm wondering if someone's been in there having a look at the lock mechanism & has not put a piece of interior trim back correctly thus causing the creak. the black trim that holds the warning triangle has definetly been taken off as you can see the black paint has been removed from the screw heads (this obviously leads me to believe that they found out it wasn't a cheap fix & decided to leave it!).
has anyone come across these things before?
first of all there's a god awful creak/rattle at the rear of the passenger seat on my new Z4M coupe. it's hard to pin down but it "may" be coming from the bit of plastic trim below the rear quarter light window-very annoying! it's certainly not the seat rubbing against the back wall.
the second is a bit of a funny boot release. if i press the boot release switch on the key fob or in the cabin the boot unlocks & then locks in quick succession. if you press the key fob to unlock it with your hand under the boot edge you can open the boot by lifting it before it locks again. if you simply unlock the car & go to open the boot it won't open.
so it kind of unlocks-locks one after another.
could it be the lock servo? why doesn't the bmw badge open the boot even if it was the servo playing up?
i'm wondering if someone's been in there having a look at the lock mechanism & has not put a piece of interior trim back correctly thus causing the creak. the black trim that holds the warning triangle has definetly been taken off as you can see the black paint has been removed from the screw heads (this obviously leads me to believe that they found out it wasn't a cheap fix & decided to leave it!).
has anyone come across these things before?
Update 
Dead simple fix as it turned out....
Like I thought about the gas struts it was actually the rubber supports that the bootlid sits on that was at fault.
They needed adjusted up a bit as they weren't springing the boot lock past the solenoid so it was locking itself again.
5 min job, that creak from the roof however........
Dead simple fix as it turned out....
Like I thought about the gas struts it was actually the rubber supports that the bootlid sits on that was at fault.
They needed adjusted up a bit as they weren't springing the boot lock past the solenoid so it was locking itself again.
5 min job, that creak from the roof however........
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