Over on the D3 Forums there are warnings about the tailgate strut brackets coming loose on D3's - having spent the best part of tonight trawling through the GTR website for RRSport things there is also Technical Bulletin for RRSports regarding the same problem. It is on Technical Bulletin No.LS501-011
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I did warn you the other day to check your nuts

So what's the deal with this? They come loose such that the rear hatch might become dangerous? 

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I did warn you the other day to check your nuts

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shmoogle wrote:

So what's the deal with this? They come loose such that the rear hatch might become dangerous?

No it’s a bit more serious that that really.

Where the strut mounts onto the body of the car at the “D” pillar, there is a securing captive nut inside in the pillar. This nut seems to break free under certain conditions & falls down into the bowels of the pillar. The “official” fix seems to require a hole being chopped in the pillar to gain access to where the nut should be, so a new one can be welded in place. Then the hole in the pillar needs to be patched, which will require filling & painting.

Quite a mess really.

So what “they” are saying is to check the “tightness of your nuts”, so as to prevent “breakage” !!

Have a look at their technical forum, you can’t miss the thread, I think it’s 6 or 7 pages at this stage.

I do think though that the RRS set up is a little different, but could be well worth checking.

I don't like serious posts.

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Did someone mention nuts? It's only a short hop from nuts to boobies!!

Ahhhhh...and relax.

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Supertrotter wrote:

Ahhhhh...and relax.

Back in familiar territory

Rupert wrote:

Supertrotter wrote:

Ahhhhh...and relax.

Back in familiar territory

Oh sorry about the shock of a serious post there Supertrotter.

I’ve been living too long over there in “D3 World” but I’m getting treatment, so everything should be ok by the time I’m a fully fledged resident here in RRS Land in June.

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LR have another big Booooby obviously with their rear struts then  
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Yep - another thing to mention during the 12k service I think my car's going to be in for a week, with the amount of things that need doing along with the service. 

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12k isn't it? Of course, my service book is in Australian and says 12km - but I thought my sales chap had said the first service is 12k miles or 1 year, whichever came first. It's definitely the case for the wife's FL... hmm, now you've muddied the waters, RRUK!  

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