Superdunx
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- Jun 26, 2014
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- 2011 W204 C200 Cdi Elegance Blue-Efficiency and 2000 W202 C220 Cdi Classic
Hello forum,
I'm having a problem with the electric opening tailgate on my 2011 reg W204 (pre-facelift) C-Class.
The tailgate opens and closes correctly and smoothly when I use the electric open/close, but when I try to open or close it manually the tailgate is very hard to move and makes a grinding sound. The tailgate used to feel like it would 'freewheel' shut when manually closed and used to have very little resistance when opening or closing manually. Earlier today it was so stiff I was concerned something may get damaged, though it shut smoothly and easily on the electric closer.
I'm in fear of a very expensive trip to a 'stealership' to be told that the entire headlining needs removing and the complete motor needs replacing (circa £600 plus labour?), So before I head off to the dealership, thought I'd see if anyone else has had a similar issue, and if so what solution was found.
I suspect that the motor has some sort of 'freewheel' clutch that allows the tailgate to be closed independent of the motor and am hoping that this may be a separate part to the motor itself, but without removing the motor I don't know what it looks like. As always merc service information is very difficult to find and no workshop manual is available to the public, so if anyone has any diagrams or information these would be very greatly received.
Many thanks in advance for any help and advice anyone may be able to provide on this!
Duncan.
I'm having a problem with the electric opening tailgate on my 2011 reg W204 (pre-facelift) C-Class.
The tailgate opens and closes correctly and smoothly when I use the electric open/close, but when I try to open or close it manually the tailgate is very hard to move and makes a grinding sound. The tailgate used to feel like it would 'freewheel' shut when manually closed and used to have very little resistance when opening or closing manually. Earlier today it was so stiff I was concerned something may get damaged, though it shut smoothly and easily on the electric closer.
I'm in fear of a very expensive trip to a 'stealership' to be told that the entire headlining needs removing and the complete motor needs replacing (circa £600 plus labour?), So before I head off to the dealership, thought I'd see if anyone else has had a similar issue, and if so what solution was found.
I suspect that the motor has some sort of 'freewheel' clutch that allows the tailgate to be closed independent of the motor and am hoping that this may be a separate part to the motor itself, but without removing the motor I don't know what it looks like. As always merc service information is very difficult to find and no workshop manual is available to the public, so if anyone has any diagrams or information these would be very greatly received.
Many thanks in advance for any help and advice anyone may be able to provide on this!
Duncan.