Just noticed on my 2003 L322 the upper tailgate, when closed, has a slightly larger gap down the left hand side (where it meets the rear pillar) than on the right.

I know (well, I’ve read somewhere) you can adjust the positions of the latches, but would they be enough to ‘pull’ the tailgate closed more aligned? Or is there any other adjustment?

Hope that made some sense....

Did you get anywhere with this? Got exactly the same issue, left side doesn't seem to close quite as well as the right, and doesn't seem flush. As I close the upper tailgate, the noise from that side is just a bit flimsy, it's definitely not catching as it should. Fairly sure this is causing ingress issues in this weather

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Wouldn't the workshop manual give you a guide under replacing the tailgate?

I'd assume there would be some gap information and an indication of where the adjustment (if any) was.

Mike

I looked before asking, nothing there I could find

gj88 wrote:

Did you get anywhere with this? Got exactly the same issue, left side doesn't seem to close quite as well as the right, and doesn't seem flush. As I close the upper tailgate, the noise from that side is just a bit flimsy, it's definitely not catching as it should. Fairly sure this is causing ingress issues in this weather

Sorry gj88 I havent had a chance yet, build up to christmas and extra shifts in work means havent had a free day yet. Plus MrsBlonde keeps 'borrowing' the RR and leaving me her car...

Its on my list of things to look into in the New Year