Hey everyone I'm having some trouble with my hatch not opening.. I already did the spring piggybacked on the original spring, and I just put in new hatch struts tonight.. The hatch releases fine, but I was under the assumption, that after it was released, it would pop right open w/o me having to touch it, is this correct? I have to pull it all the way up myself and it will stay there on its own. If not, please advise a way for me to correct this problem, Thanks!

 

That's how it's supposed to work, you don't have any problems

 

alright, thanks very much... just wanted to make sure I didn't waste money

 

i need new struts on mine. the original ones are worn out and dont always open the hatch enough to get past the lock

 

Heat changes the behavior of the after market struts I last installed. On a cold day, they need help to open the hatch and on a very warm day they may press the hatch open all by them selves.