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Body - Trunk Gas Strut Replacement Information

Date: December 11, 2007

Order No.: P-B-88.50/71

Supersedes:

Group: 88

SUBJECT:
Model 209.456/465/472/475/476/477

From VIN F229896 to F242483 and T084581 to T091781

Gas Operated Struts on Trunk Lid





If you receive customer reports in the above model vehicles of the failure of the gas operated struts on the trunk lid, replace both of the gas operated struts (in pairs). Please pay attention to the vehicle VIN ranges. Only gas operated struts with part number A209 980 04 64 are affected (Figure 1).





Parts Information

Note:
The following allowable labor operations should be used when submitting a warranty claim for this repair. This information has been generated on December 11, 2007. Please refer to Netstar --> Star TekInfo --> Star Time for the most current labor time allowance.





In Case of Warranty, use the table.