eldoj

I have the electric hatch on my 07. It opens fine, but when I hit the button to close it, it will not latch completely. It acts like its going to, but then it pop opens a little. Anyone else had this problem?
If I give it a little push when its closing it will latch.

Thanks

ezveedub

Take it to the dealer. No way of knowing exactly what the issue is without checking the trunk switch signals during operation. It could be a trunk latch microswitch or lower latch microswitch not sending the open or closed signal IMO.

Goodlivn

https://www.audiworld.com/forums/sho...ght=door+hatch

another member had this issue a couple months ago...ended up being a bad part

eldoj

Thanks. I have an appointment with the dealer this afternoon.

Jusforfun

+1.
It may only need tiny latch adjustment but no way to tell without scan. There have been at least 6 other 07 tailgate problems but they vary slightly each time. Mine was a button fail (due to water running down the loom into it) but symptoms were different and it threw up fault codes.
One was caused by debris in the latch slot, misalignment causing the closing motor to damage the receiver. Another was receiver came loose resulting in intermittant fails. A strut partially fail resulting in incorrect pressure.
This case solution was never posted.
Please report back on your case.

Jusforfun

Another thread... yet a different story.

EDIT and another thread here (may be some overlapping)

eldoj

Heard back from the dealer. They said its a broken spring in the latch. $440 with labor to fix.

pchansen

Simply close your eyes tightly and repeat over and over "I love my Audi, I love my Audi". It really does seem to help.