Rear Lid, Adjusting: Notes

Special tools and workshop equipment required 

• Adjustment Gauge:3371 

Preparing

Conditions

• When adjusting the rear lid, the vehicle must be resting on its wheels on a level surface.
• The rear lid must engage in the striker without great force.

The rear lid is correctly installed, when it is closed and:

• The gap dimensions are even.
• The contours align.
• The rear lid is not positioned too far inward or outward.

The procedure shown is for the left side of the vehicle as an example.

-- Loosen the striker. Refer to Striker, Removing and Installing  .

Rear Lid Hinge, Loosening

-- Loosen the bolts -2-.

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-- Push the rear lid in the direction of -arrow A- or in direction of -arrow B-.

-- Tighten the bolts -2- by hand.

-- Tighten the bolts -2- to the tightening specification.

-- Check the body gap dimensions using the Gauge - Gap Adjustment:3371  . For this, pay attention to the appropriate Service Information.

-- If the rear lid is not correctly adjusted, loosen the hinge from the body (refer to Hinge to Body, Loosening ) and adjust the rear lid.