R230 powered boot lift intermittent failure

[lxi]

Does anyone know the high level operation cycle of this? The car has keyless, so the feature is brilliant - just approach the boot, pull the handle & up it goes.

Except this morning it didn't. Pulled the handle & the lid popped up an inch but didn't fully "unlatch", so had to pull the handle again & lift open.

I'm maybe answering my own question here, but say a boot gas strut was losing lift pressure, does the panel think that because the lid doesn't achieve a certain height on unlocking, it doesn't kick in the hydraulic lift?

I noticed when lifting the boot lid by hand it feels really heavy, so another question - is the apparent weight likely to be a failed gas strut, or by lifting by hand am I also overcoming the resistance of the hydraulic struts by forcing fluid through the system giving the same sensation as weight?

I did notice that when I stopped raising about 3/4 of the way to fully open, the lid was starting to fall back so I think the gas strut the likeliest but would be grateful for any opinion.

 

[cb1965]

Mine does exactly what yours is doing now even down to the boot being heavy and sinking down if it is not opened fully. To be honest I didn't think they had a powered boot lift.

I have some new struts to fit so will do that this week and see what it does then.

 

[lxi]

Obviously an option, but the pics show it's on mine

 

[lxi]

In the unlikely (given the cause) event anyone else has the same problem - a broken wire. Not cured as yet, but by slightly rerouting the wiring, it's currently working awaiting a permanent fix.

Not impressive for a 2008 with less than 30k miles