Groan when opening rear hatch door
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Groan when opening rear hatch door
Hi All,
I've previously asked this question but didn't resolve it. Does anyone else have this problem with the rear hatch door? My 2008 RX seems to issue a groan whenever I first open the rear hatch in the morning. If I use the power or remote opener, no noise, but when I manually open it, I get a groan from the left side of the door. I suspect it's the motor releasing but not sure. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Bob
I've previously asked this question but didn't resolve it. Does anyone else have this problem with the rear hatch door? My 2008 RX seems to issue a groan whenever I first open the rear hatch in the morning. If I use the power or remote opener, no noise, but when I manually open it, I get a groan from the left side of the door. I suspect it's the motor releasing but not sure. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Bob
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I would check your lift struts to see if they are leaking. Iirc, the lift motor does the work of raising and lowering and, when it does this, it takes the stress off of struts. The other thing you might do is to remove the lift strut and see if you can push it in by hand. If you can, that unit is bad. They do fail.
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