(831-2109) Door weather seal fits poorly at top of B-pillar
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SERVICE INFORMATION
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Bulletin Nbr:
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831-2109
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Date:
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March 1999
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Market:
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US, CA
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Door weather seal fits poorly at top of B-pillar
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X2005541 - X2008765 and X2020139 - X2025932 (M99)
The top rear corner of the door weather seal may fit poorly on certain cars. The lip on the door seal may not fit the radius on the B-pillar trim, which can give rise to a gap of up to 15 mm in the lip. The following measures should be taken after customer complaint.
There are two different procedures, A and B, depending on the model year and VIN.
51 17 411 Door weather seal, LH, with a white mark in the centre of the radius. (CA: 30580128)
51 17 429 Door weather seal, RH, with a blue mark in the centre of the radius. (CA: 30580129)
43 33 589 Plastic plug (CA: 30550507)
A Weather seal fastened with butyl tape in B-pillar trim radius
The weather seal is fastened to the B-pillar trim radius with butyl tape on cars with VIN W2060812 - W2068747 (M98) and X2005541 - X2008505 (M99).
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1.
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Open the door and remove the scuff plate and door weather seal.
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2.
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Remove any remains of the butyl tape from the B-pillar trim.
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3.
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Fit the new weather seal. Start in the top rear corner with the colour marking in the centre of the radius.
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Important
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White colour marking signifies left door weather seal.
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Blue colour marking signifies right door weather seal.
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Fit the rest of the seal.
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4.
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Wash off the colour marking with water.
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B Weather seal fastened with plastic plug in B-pillar trim radius
The weather seal is fastened to the B-pillar trim radius with a plastic plug on cars with VIN W2068748 - W2069663 (M98), X2008506 - X2008765 (M99) and X2020139 - X2025932 (M99).
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1.
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Open the door and remove the scuff plate.
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2.
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Remove the plastic plug securing the door weather seal to the top rear corner of the B-pillar trim and remove the door weather seal.
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Position the new weather seal with the colour marking towards the roof just where the radius starts.
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Important
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White colour marking signifies left door weather seal.
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Blue colour marking signifies right door weather seal.
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4.
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Make a 5 mm hole, 8 mm in from the edge of the lip, to correspond with the hole in the B-pillar trim.
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6.
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Fit the rest of the seal.
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7.
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Wash off the colour marking with water.
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Warranty/Time Information
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Failed Object: 84463
Fault/Reason code: 78
Location code: 09 (US = 3/4/5)
Warranty Type (US): 01
Repair/Action code: 01
Labour Operation (US): straight time 0.2 hrs.
(CA: R/Side C1080; L/Side C1081 0.2 hrs.)
