Hello all,
the tailgate on my car stopped latching at the weekend - the wee bootlid open warning diagram on the dash is flashing all the time, and there is no longer a noise when I press the boot open button - I can just lift up the tailgate by hand and it is held shut by gravity. I'm able to lock the car using the key in the driver's door, but the alarm obviously doesn't arm. It's worth noting that the latching has always been a bit half-hearted (tendency to bounce unless shut carefully) suggesting that something has been gently heading towards failure and has now possibly / probably expired.
Have been reading through the posts on here - the basic consensus seems to be that when it gets warm enough to do so I need to carefully remove the trim inside the tailgate and it is a case probably of removing and replacing the locking mechanism / solenoid in its entirety as it's not user-serviceable. Any more suggestions of things to check to home in on the problem before I start bodging to determine the best course of action gratefully appreciated. I have an MOT coming up at the end of April so I suspect I need to sort this out sooner rather than later.
Many thanks, Robin.
the tailgate on my car stopped latching at the weekend - the wee bootlid open warning diagram on the dash is flashing all the time, and there is no longer a noise when I press the boot open button - I can just lift up the tailgate by hand and it is held shut by gravity. I'm able to lock the car using the key in the driver's door, but the alarm obviously doesn't arm. It's worth noting that the latching has always been a bit half-hearted (tendency to bounce unless shut carefully) suggesting that something has been gently heading towards failure and has now possibly / probably expired.
Have been reading through the posts on here - the basic consensus seems to be that when it gets warm enough to do so I need to carefully remove the trim inside the tailgate and it is a case probably of removing and replacing the locking mechanism / solenoid in its entirety as it's not user-serviceable. Any more suggestions of things to check to home in on the problem before I start bodging to determine the best course of action gratefully appreciated. I have an MOT coming up at the end of April so I suspect I need to sort this out sooner rather than later.
Many thanks, Robin.