My Cargo Door Hydraulic Arm Broke

bLuLRIII · Apr 20, 2009

The hydraulic arm on one side of the upper cargo door has come off. The threaded ball/bolt that screws into the inside of the side pillar has come off and its almost as the hole in the pillar is stripped... I not sure we can get behind this? The door is heavy and probably wont stay open long (without the other one failing) on one arm. I wasn't there when it happened (someone borrowed my truck) Any ideas?

I suggest everyone take a look at theirs... because I think this was loose and eventually came off... so don't let it happen to you.

This is going to be expensive isnt it? Im not under warranty

Bluebird · Apr 20, 2009

Yup, try the dealer first it's a known issue.

Roverine · Apr 20, 2009

Known issue-

lots about it on Disco3UK forum

Randall · Apr 20, 2009

Yeah the same thing happened to my LR3 the dealer said the bold is welded and they have to send it to a collision shop to fix but if you're in warranty they should fix it for free.

Noah

JackMac · Apr 21, 2009

The exact same thing happened to me last week. I am now (barely) out of warranty. I ordered a replacement pivot bolt (only $1.53) and should arrive this week. The threads on the original pivot bolt are stripped. Cannot yet tell if the bolt inside the D pillar is also stripped.

bLuLRIII · Apr 22, 2009

Unfortunatly, I am NOT under warranty... *****.

nwoods · Apr 22, 2009

bLuLRIII said:
Unfortunatly, I am NOT under warranty... *****.

Still, there is a TSB about it, and perhaps you can argue that the dealer should have checked it out at the 50k inspection.

mustbeaudi · Apr 22, 2009

Is this only an early build problem? I forgot what I read about it before and could search again, but we might as well flesh out this report a bit for the record and future searches.

Houm_WA · Apr 23, 2009

...so is there anything more to this than staying on top of those bolts and making sure they're tightened? I look at mine just about every month or two and really tighten it down. Short of using some lock-tite on it, I'm not sure what else there is to be done.

JackMac · Apr 23, 2009

nwoods said:
Still, there is a TSB about it, and perhaps you can argue that the dealer should have checked it out at the 50k inspection.

I am going to the dealership tomorrow to pick up a replacement pivot bolt for the strut mount failure, and will ask the service advisor about the TSB. I also just completed a 50K service visit, and agree that this should have been addressed before it failed.

It either wasn't performed, or wasn't performed properly, or the workaround was inadequate to prevent a failure.

TSB summary:

Make / Models : Model/Build Years:
LAND ROVER / LR3 2005-2006

Service Bulletin Number : 501016
NHTSA Item Number : 10019761
Summary Description :
TAILGATE SUPPORT MOUNTING. RATTLE FROM THE UPPER TAILGATE AREA. *TT

My Cargo Door Hydraulic Arm Broke

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