Boot lock

Been having some issues with the boot lock. For a while you could hear the lock working but it wouldn't open. I got it opened and found it was down to rusty latches on the lower tail gate. I freed them off and greased it all up and all was well. Now the button has gone daft and it won't open. It's almost like the button is half in (or half out I guess). Anybody had similar issued?

Spring has possibly rusted and broken up. Get some piano wire from a model shop and make a new one.

doz said:

Been having some issues with the boot lock. For a while you could hear the lock working but it wouldn't open. I got it opened and found it was down to rusty latches on the lower tail gate. I freed them off and greased it all up and all was well. Now the button has gone daft and it won't open. It's almost like the button is half in (or half out I guess). Anybody had similar issued?

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As wammers said, spring rusted. The other possibility is the connector corroded, had both on mine. with the connector you can hear the lock motor tryin to operate but it does not unlock. It also caused random locking and unlocking of the doors when moving. You can make a new spring with piano wire from your local model shop. Pack round the assembly with silicon grease when you put it back.

Cheers guys. How do I go about getting the lower boot open so I can fix it

How strange. Went out to sort lock and it worked fine. Only thing I can think of is the car has been sat not used for a while and I tried to open it while it was frozen. Anybody else had similar issue

doz said:

How strange. Went out to sort lock and it worked fine. Only thing I can think of is the car has been sat not used for a while and I tried to open it while it was frozen. Anybody else had similar issue

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Mine was like that with the corroded connector, sometimes it would open, sometimes not. I fixed it before it stopped opening permanantly.