Rear Deck Lid - Deformed/Dented
90bmw02Group 41 Body
Bulletin Number 41 04 89 (1987) Page 1 of 5
Woodcliff Lake, NJ February 1990 Service Engineering
SUBJECT: Rear Deck Lid Gas Struts
MODELS: 325i Convertible
Situation: Convertibles produced prior to the second week of June 1989 have only one gas strut to hold open the rear deck lid. On some vehicles this may cause the rear deck lid to deform or, in some cases, cause a dent (from the inside out) in the area of the left hinge.
Vehicles produced from the second week of June 1989 have two gas struts to more evenly distribute force on the deck lid. The attached procedure has been developed to retrofit this arrangement on earlier vehicles only if there is a complaint with the deck lid.
Warranty
Status: Covered under the terms of the BMW 3 Year/36,000 Mile New Car Limited Warranty.
Defect code: 41 62 00 36 00
Labor operation: 00 50 202
Labor allowance: 23 FRU
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Illustration # 1:
1. Drill two 6.5 mm holes in the bracket as shown in illustration # 1.
2. Paint bracket and hinge.
3. Remove floor mat and right wheel well trim.
4. Mark hinge position on rear deck lid and remove deck lid.
Illustration # 2:
5. Position bracket on trunk floor as shown in illustration # 2.
6. Using bracket as a template, mark trunk floor and drill two 6.5 mm holes. Touch up any paint or undercoating damage.
Caution: Use care when the drill penetrates the floor so as not to contact the fuel filler pipe.
7. Bolt bracket in place.
Illustration # 3:
8. Cut right wheel well trim as shown in illustration # 3 and reinstall.
9. Install new right side hinge and new gas struts on both hinges.
10. Install and adjust rear deck lid.