Boot not Unlocking

[Soeley]

Last week I got out of my car and went round the back to open the rear hatch and nothing happened when I pressed the button. No sound of the solenoid actuating or anything. It happened again this week, I was wanting to get my bag out the back that has my key-less fob in it. I tried the lock button and I got the bleeping you get when trying to lock the car with the key fob inside, so that seemed to work as it should.

After getting my bag out I locked the car as normal, then tried unlocking the hatch again and it opened. All this week it seems to be just randomly not unlocking for some reason.

I have tested the unlock button as stated in the workshop manual and the button seem to working well, see below.

I have also been having Battery problems again, I don't know if the two are connected or not? Battery is currently on charge as it had gone flat over night. I will then get my meter on it to test for Battery leakage.

Any help or suggestion welcome.

[Soeley]

Well I think I have put the issue down to a bad Battery causing issues, got a new one ordered and will find out tomorrow.

One thing I have found out though there is a way of manually unlocking the rear hatch if the central locking/power fails.

[craggle]

There is a way of manually unlocking it?

I couldn't find a way when I had my central locking problems recently, how do you do it?

Craig.

[Soeley]

Craig, remove the trim from the inside of the hatch to gain access to the lock\solenoid assembly. There is a little lever, just move that downwards.

[craggle]

Ah, got you now. I never went to the hassle of removing the inner trim.
Turned out to be a blown fuse in my car but that was affecting the other 2 doors as well which is a different problem to what you have. Hope the new Battery sorts it out.

Craig.

[Soeley]

Glad to report that the new Battery has solved the problem. Weird!

[craggle]

That is most odd. Glad it's sorted but have to wonder why that caused the issue?

Craig.

[Soeley]

Even more starnge, most of the time the boot wouldn't open with the engine running, but once ignition was switched off it did?

[BigLiam]

Hi. Does anyone know how to remove the boot panel? Is it just a case of carefully prising it?

I want to souce power for my rear mounted dash cam. 

 

Thanks

 

Liam

[Soeley]

Yes the panel just pulls off. Taken mine off a few times, might feel like it doesn't want to come, but it will.

[BigLiam]

Cool. Thanks. 

I don't suppose you know where best to tap into a switched live too do you?

I've mounted the Dashcam on the inside of the boot lid just above where the wiper rests. 

I thought if I can get a live in there somewhere it will be a lot neater than messing around with the boot hinge area etc

[Soeley]

Not really, you are quite limited with the electrics in the boot lid, lock & wash/wipe. My dash cam is a two channel one so I only had to run the wire through for the rear camera that then plugs into the front camera. I ran it through the rubber boot next to the hinge.