Quick Trunk Release - 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Mercedes-Benz
imageQuick Trunk Release - 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 Long-Term Road Test

The automatic trunk-release on our long-term 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250 opens in less than a second, quick by any standard.

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Comments

  • nuievenuieve Member Posts: 43

    Wow, it sure can take a couple of your teeth out.

  • bc1960bc1960 Member Posts: 171

    Some vehicles (not necessarily expensive ones, either), and this may be one, stretch a coil spring and compress a single gas strut when the deck lid is closed. When the lid is released, the spring contracts and gives it an opening kick, after which the gas piston gives it the impulse to open fully, and holds it open.

  • nattnatt Member Posts: 1
    First time I used the trunk release, it almost knocked my chin out as I wasn't expecting it to swing all the way up, especially in that speed.
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