the gas struts that hold the boot open on my not very old car have stopped working (and I nearly clobbered myself on the head today when I opened the boot. tis a 54 plate Renault Scenic.
I assume these are parts that can be replaced, but in over 20 years of driving all sorts of old bangers, I've never come across having to do this before on an old car, let alone a newish one.
Feeling very grrrrr about it as it has various other ishoos (blower works when it feels like it, it misfires but "the computer says it's fine" , bits have fallen off it with alarming regularity) and I can't afford to replace it.