Boot catch not engaging

[dog man]

The boot lid catch has suddenly stopped locking...meaning the boot doesn't click and hold shut...any ideas chaps?

[Harrytsg]

No personal experience but my guess would be either the catch or hinge points coming loose,

[Harrytsg]

Another thought is that the solenoid hasnt returned therefore leaving the catch open?

[Barreti]

Failed solenoid?
Disconnect the Solenoid cable (its under the carpet on the right as you look into the boot on my Griff)
Then using a screwdriver see if the boot lock clicks shut.

DON'T SHUT THE BOOT unless you know about the emergency way in already.

If the solenoid is shot you need to visit Maplin where they are about £8

[dog man]

Thanks guys will try as suggested!

[spice]

a fidley job i adjusted the bolt to strike lower in the end but still tempermental

[scotty_d]

Hi
I had this not so long ago too and it was the boot solenoid had failed as said it had seized open.

[dog man]

Cool its fixed.

The solenoid motor had burned out - the commutator was toast! So a quick trip to Maplin and £7.99 later and we're back in business.

It was quite time consuming actually. Discovering and removing the old solenoid was easy but to fit the Maplin solenoid requires you to solder the original plug onto the new solenoid's wire, again this was easy but to my disappointment it didn't work! arrgh! I checked the switch, tried swapping the wires around - nothing. Then I remembered - fuse.

Sure enough it had blown and hey presto everything is working again. I did think it quite amusing the way the relays and ecu are simply 'shoved' in down in the passenger footwell. Oh and I finally found the passenger air vent so finally my passengers wont burn when I need the heat on!

It then took a while to set the bowden cable correctly and so I've not re glued the boot carpeting just yet in case I need to make any fine adjustments to the bowden cable once I've used the boot a good few times.

One thing remains but it's unrelated - it seems the inside boot light has stopped working so another good reason not to glue the carpeting back yet.

Edited by dog man on Saturday 1st January 13:32

[Pink_Floyd]

dog man said:

it seems the inside boot light has stopped working.

What switches your boot light on and off?

[Harrytsg]

There's a boot light???

[dog man]

Well yeah mine seems to have one. The switch I'm guessing is the one that operates from the boot catch....I saw it today..

[dog man]

They must be the numberplate lights. I don't recall the boot lights only coming on with the headlights on so either they do and I've simply forgotten or maybe mine have been wired to come on when the boot opens. In which case they've stopped!

[Ribol]

Pink_Floyd said:

dog man said:

it seems the inside boot light has stopped working.

What switches your boot light on and off?

If you have one of the later cars you can use the alarm switch built into the boot lock, if you want to fit a boot light as I did.

[tonys]

Steve
YHM

[V8 OWL]

I have the same boot lid problem and the central locking does not work. When you press the fob to lock the car it sets, then quickly opens itself.
I guess this could be becuase the boot is not locked in the first place.

Was this the case with your chim dog man.

Any help would be appreciated

Paul

[V8 OWL]

The drivers door also takes three or four closes to shut properly, would this suggest that the selenoid is also on the way out and needs replacing?

Paul