Trunk / Liftgate Motor: Service and Repair
WM 558419 Removing and installing rear lid release motor
Preliminary work
1. Remove trim panel on luggage compartment pan.
Removing rear lid release motor
Detaching bowden cables
Installation position of lower part of rear lid lock
1. Press out lock washer -1- ( -arrow A- ) and press bowden cables -2- out of the lower part of the rear lid lock -3- ( -arrow B- ).
Detaching bowden cables
Removing rear lid release motor
Installation position of rear lid release motor
1. Pull lid release motor -1- forward behind the spoiler drive -arrow B- until the connector -3- is easily accessible.
Removing rear lid release motor
2. Open up plastic foam -2- ( -arrow C- ).
3. Release connector -3- ( -arrows a- ) and pull it off -arrow D-
Installing rear lid release motor
1. Plug in connector -3- ( -arrow A- ) until it engages securely.
Installing rear lid release motor
2. Close plastic foam -2- ( -arrow B- ).
3. Slide lid release motor -1- behind the spoiler drive -arrow C- until the bowden cable can be engaged on the lock.
Locking bowden cables
1. Engage bowden cable for emergency operation -1-.
Locking bowden cables
Information
- Only for USA/Canada version vehicles.
2. Press in bowden cable for emergency release -2-.
3. Press in bowden cable for servo motor unit -3-.
4. Press in lock washer -4- ( -arrow A- ).
Checking rear lid release motor
1. Lock the lower part of the lock.
2. Actuate the rear lid release switch.
3. Check that the lower part of the lock disengages automatically and the upper part of the lock releases. Adjust the length of the bowden cable by moving the lid release motor if necessary.
Checking inner luggage compartment release (Trunk Entrapment)
1. Check that the lower part of the lock disengages automatically and the upper part of the lock releases.
2. => UPPER PART OF LOCK = tool (Porsche spare part) must be engaged in the lower part of the lock -direction of arrow-.
Checking the release
3. Press the release lever in the luggage compartment and check that the lower part of the lid lock disengages automatically.
Subsequent work
1. Remove trim panel on luggage compartment pan.