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Go and check your lower tailgate bolts ..NOW !!
Hanging off the end of the tailgate changing into my Zamberlans, I happened to glance down and noticed the bolt securing the RH side of the tailgate supporting cable was very loose and nearly out of its socket.
Now I know there was a chap called 'Blind Les' [or something similar] who worked on the rear offside of the D3 production line.
This man was responsible for the bolt on the upper tailgate gas strut working loose.
Now seems this one has just caught up with him.
So go and check your lower tailgate bolts now !
LH [nearside] is all ok btw.
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28th Mar 2010 10:50 pm
Stu
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I checked and tightened my uppers and lowers a couple of weeks ago, all were a little loose - good adviceD3 HSE MY05 Auto
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28th Mar 2010 11:17 pm
jkp
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Same with my tailgate clip but on offside. Retaining clip worked loose.
28th Mar 2010 11:46 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
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Re: Go and check your lower tailgate bolts ..NOW !!
ronp wrote:
RH side of the tailgate
RH side [the problem side] is the Offside.
Sorry if I didn't make that clear.
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28th Mar 2010 11:50 pm
al cope
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I think he was the only guy on the production line with a 13mm spanner at the time. Obviously, he'd only got the left handed version
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29th Mar 2010 9:43 am
cobblers
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Thanks for the tip, I'll go take a look.
Am I right in thinking that as long as they are not too loose they can be tightened from the external nut?
Thanks
29th Mar 2010 12:23 pm
al cope
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there is only the external nut, the bodyside is threaded.
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If only I could .... tailgate still stuck closed although at least nothing will come loose (perhaps !!!!)
29th Mar 2010 7:08 pm
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Blimey Simon , thats been YONKS
29th Mar 2010 8:56 pm
Miguel
Member Since: 16 Sep 2008
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'Blind Les' didn't tighten my bolt either (that sounded kind of odd)
Just checked and it was very very loose! Solved now! Thanks Ronp!
30th Mar 2010 6:20 pm
rumi409
Member Since: 05 Jun 2010
Location: Virginia
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I'll have to check mine when I get home. COME ON Land ROVER, What engineering!!!!
24th Jun 2010 10:24 pm
en48
Member Since: 05 Jun 2010
Location: Wiltshire
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Just checked mine. Hanging on by a thread on the RHS. Fine on the left.
Only picked the car up last week. Thanks to the forum I checked the struts, and sure enough the RHS was just hanging on. Dealer was fortunately able to tighten it - would have been interesting if the captive bolt had failed...
Neither they or I thought to check the lower tailgate at the time though! So, thanks again to forum and OP.
25th Jun 2010 10:15 am
andy4
Member Since: 18 Jul 2010
Location: macclesfield
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hi.bought my d3 2 weeks ago and found this site very useful.oh yes and mine was loose to.thanks
30th Jul 2010 9:36 pm
Iain G
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Judging by the number of people who have had snapped actuator cables the bolts have probably been off and on post production for many.
31st Jul 2010 8:00 pm
caverD3
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Miguel wrote:
'Blind Les' didn't tighten my bolt either (that sounded kind of odd)
His name is actually Bob:
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