Contents: Removal ↓ Installation ↓
Note. Power is supplied to the trunk lid electrical equipment via two wire harnesses laid along the rear pillars. To remove the trunk lid from the car, you need to remove both wire harnesses from its internal cavities. To do this, you will have to remove the tips of all the wires from the connectors. It is more convenient to remove part of the trunk trim and disconnect the harnesses from the vehicle's on-board network, and then disassemble the removed lid.
To carry out repair work you need an assistant.
Removal
1. Prepare the car for repair work.
2. Remove the wire terminal from the negative terminal of the battery.
3. Remove the trunk shelf.
4. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the four screws securing the right trunk trim and remove the trim.
5. Using the same screwdriver, unscrew the three screws of the lower mount...
...and one screw for the front mounting of the luggage compartment shelf support.
6. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the screw securing the trunk opening pillar trim.
7. Remove the cover seal from the top of the rear pillar.
8. Using a slotted screwdriver, pry up and remove the rear pillar trim (it is fixed on two holders).
9. Using a puller or two slotted screwdrivers, remove the buttons of the three holders of the rear ceiling trim fastening.
10. Using a slotted screwdriver, pry up and remove the trunk opening pillar trim.
Helpful Hint: Remember or mark how the wiring harness is routed.
11. Disconnect the wire harness connectors.
12. On the trunk lid wiring harness connector, use a marker to mark the colors of the wires.
13. Using a thin slotted screwdriver, press the locking tab of the terminal and pull the wire tip out of the connector. Similarly, disconnect all the wires from the connector.
14. Remove the protective cover of the right wiring harness from the hole in the roof panel. Trying not to damage the insulation of the wires with the edges of the hole, pull the wires out.
15. Similarly, remove the wiring harness from the left side of the car.
16. Using a slotted screwdriver, remove the washer hose cover.
17. Pressing the rear edge of the ceiling trim, disconnect the washer nozzle hose from the plastic adapter.
Note: Further operations are carried out with an assistant, who must perform similar actions on the other side of the trunk lid with the same tool.
18. Holding the cover, use a 13 mm open-end wrench to unscrew the ball joint of the upper gas strut mount and disconnect it from the cover.
19. Holding the trunk lid, use a 13 mm open-end wrench to unscrew the two bolts securing the lid to the hinge and remove the lid from the car.
20. If necessary, disassemble the trunk lid.
Installation
We install the trunk lid and all previously removed parts on the car in the reverse order.