Saloon boot opens viciously

[albion80]

Hey folks..

Whenever I open the boot lid, it flips up quite viciously - are they all like this or should it have some kind of 'dampening' mechanism?

Not a real problem, just doesnt seem normal!

[JimC64]

gas struts gone?

[gregpot2000]

Mine is like this as well, I believe all early ones are. I think they revised it for later models. But it is normal for older models

[rd1]

Albion,
This has been discussed before,perhaps search the forum for the subject as I am sure that there was a solution or adjustment for it. Have to say that my 58 from new has never been a problem, it opens very slowly and under control which is what I would expect for a car such as this.
Hope you manage to get it sorted.

[albion80]

Thanks guys,

Yeh should really check the forums first :s

Mine's an 08 - maybe they were revised at 58?

Strange!

J

[Red 2]

Our 08 A4 suffered from same and despite attempts by the dealer to better balance the boot, never lost he ability to launch satellites into orbit on opening.

4 years on, it has had no ill effect on the mechanism's durability and we ended up living with it. Definitely seemed to improve circa 58 reg.