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Thanks but can con you please explain steps 10 and 11 as I am understanding what they mean by coating surface of stops with chalk then they say remove the stops??
There are 4 bump stops on the underside of the trunk lid, little legs that contact the frame of the car when the trunk is closed.
They are adjustable.
Rub some chalk on the ends of them, then when you close the trunk lid and open it again the chalk should transfer to the frame, if you dont see any chalk transfer it means they arent touching the frame and need to be extended more.
Unfortunately this didn't fix the issue. I screwed the stoppers all way in but trunk didn't move a bit. Previous only must have smashed the trunk when it was full and caused this misalignment. I did try to push it hard but no luck.
can anyone post what would be the real solution other than what was mentioned above?
If you have tried moving the stops and there was no change, your'e right trunk bracket is bent, replace it or have a body shop rebend it back into position
Has this car been in a wreck or collision? Either the trunk lid needs to go down on that side, or the car needs to come up. Any difference in ground clearance from one side to the other near the very back of the car?
Has this car been in a wreck or collision? Either the trunk lid needs to go down on that side, or the car needs to come up. Any difference in ground clearance from one side to the other near the very back of the car?
I don’t see any previous accidents. All original body parts are intact and paint is original as far as I can tell.
I believe the issue is due to previous owner tried forcibly closing the trunk lid on oversized item that doesn’t fit trunk and something got bent but I cannot figure out what moved.
I do see the issue on other Mercedes classes as well but there is no clear instructions on how to solve it other than going to a bodyshop to fix it.
Having owned alot of BMWs, I think BMW has more robust trunk lids compared to Mercedes.
It's your call. In a body shop, we would remove the deck lid.
I have done this before. Have a few years in a body shop. Misalignments are often corrected with brute force. It's even how we align doors, albeit with a special tool, but all it does is bend the door hinges/shell metal back to correct alignment.
If it was forced and bent in one direction, you're just reversing the action, whatever it is. If you're afraid to stand on it (don't know how buff you are, if you can push on it and correct it with upper body and arm strength, then have at it) use a tool. Make a breaker bar out of steel pipe or something and use Archimedes' Law of the Lever. This really isn't a big deal. You'll get it corrected, then in about 3 weeks you won't even remember it was a thing.
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