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I went to remove my spare tire today and discovered it was locked up in the up position! It will move a very slight bit up but not at all in down no matter how much muscle i use on it (I am going in he correct direction, BTW).
I tried to take it apart as it seems to be held together with screws but there are also 3 rivets that seen to do all the word of holding it together and I'm not ready to grind them off yet.
Off to the dealer in the morning to see if it's covered under the warrantee (30k miles on it). If not, I have no intentions of throwing good money after bad on it and I'll just cut it off somehow and put it on the door. There doesn't seem to be any easy way to get it down in an emergency and I'm glad I discovered it before I got stuck on the road.
Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, how did you solve it???
I tried to take it apart as it seems to be held together with screws but there are also 3 rivets that seen to do all the word of holding it together and I'm not ready to grind them off yet.
Off to the dealer in the morning to see if it's covered under the warrantee (30k miles on it). If not, I have no intentions of throwing good money after bad on it and I'll just cut it off somehow and put it on the door. There doesn't seem to be any easy way to get it down in an emergency and I'm glad I discovered it before I got stuck on the road.
Has anyone else had this problem and, if so, how did you solve it???