Boot soft close failure-Fixed
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Anonymous
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Smug....no just good detective work, well done fella , it's good to share , book marked .
Good to know, thanks!
Mad about cars
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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
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
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?
chrisonian
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I had exactly the same symptoms and problem with my 2011 e89. I took off the liner, and after some slight jiggling these wires just broke loose! See the attached photo. I took the entire assembly off, soldered the wires, and reinstalled it. Now it's fine. Thank you for documenting this!
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BMW should have called vehicles back to have these wires and switches replaced. It's a manufacturing fault.
Beginning to wonder as well about general roof failures as i replaced the two roof motor solenoids to cure a roof failure, the one's i removed appeared to have no faults, but the reader i had said that several microswitches and sensors had failed, which they hadn't.
So are the recorded failures real, or do the brains of the system assume failure because the rest of the sequence as not been detected.
Beginning to wonder as well about general roof failures as i replaced the two roof motor solenoids to cure a roof failure, the one's i removed appeared to have no faults, but the reader i had said that several microswitches and sensors had failed, which they hadn't.
So are the recorded failures real, or do the brains of the system assume failure because the rest of the sequence as not been detected.
Have attempted this fix, on the left micro switch, having had my soft close fail yesterday. I stripped the wires and used connector blocks to pull them together, when I put it back together it just goes in a continual cycle of opening and closing, this is before trying to close the boot. Have been at it for a while and can't think what to try next. :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: Anyone with any tips on what I am doing wrong or what I should try next, would be greatly appreciated? Do I used different connector blocks? Cant get out in the car in this nice weather which is making it worse.
