Boot won't open after driving

[Pacman1972]

Went to fill up the tank yesterday and couldn't get the boot to open. Went back home, boot won't open.

Try again this morning. Boot opens fine.

It's been doing this a lot recently and thinking back it always refuses to open when the car has been recently driven.

Ive checked the button and connections and all seem to be fine. Dodgy sensor maybe?

[Delboy1]

Check the interior light in the boot I found that my connection was lose cause the same issues as yourself.

[Pacman1972]

Delboy1 said:

Check the interior light in the boot I found that my connection was lose cause the same issues as yourself.

Thanks for the tip - I'll take a look in the morning.

Cheers

[nawarne]

Steve,
From time to time my boot release decides to 'not play'.

I've done a couple of things - - viz:
1) Removed Tuscan badge from rear of car (2 off 8mm nylocks accessed from the DAB radio hatch). Then, I superglued a washer to the rubber covering of the exposed switch....gives a better/more positive push to the boot release switch. The switch in fact 'makes' the connection to earth for the solenoid.

2) I eased back the carpet in the boot to expose the 2 off 'bolts'/fixings for the solenoid. They look like roofing or cable tray fixing bolts - large pan head with a cross slot. Undo these and remove the solenoid through the rubber bung adjacent. With the solenoid available, I sprayed contact cleaner into moveable 'armature' behind the rubber bellows and then smeared silicone grease onto the 'crank' mechanism and tried to pump oil down the cable for the lock stricker.

Bottom line....if it moved, I oiled or greased it....Been good for last 2 months or so..

Nick

[Pacman1972]

nawarne said:

Steve,
I eased back the carpet in the boot to expose the 2 off 'bolts'/fixings for the solenoid.

Thanks Nick I'll take a look - Which part of the carpet should I be pulling away?

[nawarne]

Pacman1972 said:

Thanks Nick I'll take a look - Which part of the carpet should I be pulling away?

OK Steve, The carpet is the section to the LEFT/nearside of the exterior 'Tuscan' badge.
IIRC, I felt for the panhead bolts underneath the carpet, and then pulled off the rubber boot seal above the bolt position - exposed the carpet edge and used a thin wallpaper scraper to get behind it and ease it away from the glue.

Don't forget to get some oil into the bowden cable between the solenoid and the catch itself.

With the solenoid 'out in the open' just check that it does operate repeatedly...I believe they can fail. However, it was obvious with mine that the mechanism just needed some lubrication.
Nick