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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by flybobbie » Fri Oct 28, 2016 7:38 pm

Well set about fixing today.
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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by Dietcokeman » Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:34 pm

Smug....no just good detective work, well done fella , it's good to share , book marked .

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Post by sammyz » Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:40 pm

Excellent detective work :thumbsup:
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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by mattyp » Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:24 pm

Fantastic work fella. Very satisfying and rewarding I imagine :thumbsup:
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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by flybobbie » Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:08 am

Cable stripping machine I have used in the past;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2nm4B6T1rY

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by obewan » Sat Oct 29, 2016 9:20 am

Great work and a great feeling I bet :thumbsup:
Thanks for sharing
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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by Smartbear » Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:12 am

Good detective work :thumbsup:
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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by Maniac » Sun Oct 30, 2016 7:35 pm

A very useful post indeed for anyone else hitting this roadblock at some point.

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Post by yoghurtman » Sun Nov 06, 2016 9:57 am

Good to know, thanks!

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by Mad about cars » Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:38 pm

Hi all


I have a z4 and the boot lid stoped closing

A new locking soft close mechanism is around £400 so
I thought I would have a look myself
Once the car boot lid is striped out so you can see the mechanism make sure you look at all the wires
You need to take the mechanism off the car but keep the wires connected

There is a Sensor on both motors either side of the mechanism with a white plastic cover that is where my problem occurred the wire was snapped inside the sleeve

So I got some wire blocks and booom problem solved

Save £400 and have a look first

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by flybobbie » Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:46 pm

So did your wires look clean cut and occurred at an equal length. Makes you wonder how many cars out with this problem waiting to happen.

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by Ozie » Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:19 am

My softclose stopped working few months ago. Boot lights were working still. Yesterday it started to work again.... BUT now it's sucking the lid in and out right after. It does like 8 cycles and time between cycles is something like 35-40 seconds. What could this be?

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by flybobbie » Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:48 pm

Yep, that's what happens when the those wires finally give way.
It's a manufacturing fault.
BMW won't admit to it, how many cars would they have to call back?

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Post by Ozie » Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:52 am

flybobbie wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:48 pm Yep, that's what happens when the those wires finally give way.
It's a manufacturing fault.
BMW won't admit to it, how many cars would they have to call back?
Yeah. Noticed also that boot light is not working anymore.

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Boot soft close failure-Fixed

Post by ls19 » Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:27 pm

Great find, had to do this today as my first maintenance since purchase in Sept last year and nice and simple to fix although had trouble getting the white holders off.
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