spring gone awol

[David Bird]

Strange happening - Had boot open heard a strange noise and boot suddenly opened another couple of inches and then was very heavy to open or shut - cant see a spring through trim on drivers side of boot so must assume it has either pinged off or snapped - for a week or so previous it sounded like something rolling about in boot when braking but couldnt ever find anything on the move in boot.Is spring an easy fix and has anyone had this problem.

 

[Dieselman]

The bracket has probably snapped off the hinge arm.

 

[Palfrem]

I thought this was going to be a weather thread

 

[1945wickedred]

Oh it certainly has,oh but just a minute you don't mean Spring as in the season do you,it is another type of spring,sorry got carried away a bit.Hope you find what it is.

 

[DITTRICH]

Dieselman's explanation is correct.
The bracket will always fail eventually. Unlikely to be the spring.
There are other holes on the bracket but if used, your boot will not necessarily rise all the way up.

 

[salesac1]

The bracket snapping off is a common problem on W202s. This might be a good starting point -
http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/interior/135036-w202-boot-opens-mach-5-a.html

 

[David Bird]

jeez is it never ending - got in merc today and whilst driving off drive a good few water droplets fell down from above windscreen extreme right above sterring wheel through a seam in headlining . Is this another common problem ?

 

[David Bird]

never ending ? Now and again i put my foot down to give it some go and it is pretty unresponsive .It seems to come and go and drives perfectly majority of time - also noticed when stood idling for a while intraffic or Traffic lights engine seems to falter ever so slightly - could these things be connected.