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chas

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A mate went to open the boot of my Pug the other day, except the button got stuck. I opened the locks and it still hasn't popped out. For the past few days it has just been stuck in there. Any idea how I can get it to pop out?

I once had this last year when it was very cold, and the button was frozen in, leading to me being unable to shut the bootlid for a journey, but it did eventually pop out as soon as the car thawed out.

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 18:48
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can you not just stick the key in and pull it out

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 19:40
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Mine was stuck once, sprayed with WD40 and used the key to wiggle it a bit.

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 19:41
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chas

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This is where it may have paid for me to have a P2 lol. P3 has no key to lock the rear bootlid with.

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 20:15
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I had this happen to me on a cold morning.

I ended up taking the plastic backing on the inside off to push it out. Think its about 6 or 8 torx screws.

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 20:52
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Lashings of WD40 or equivalent, then a massaging of the button. Smile

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 21:58
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chas wrote:
This is where it may have paid for me to have a P2 lol. P3 has no key to lock the rear bootlid with.


didnt know that! learn something new everyday

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Posted 24th Jan 2009 at 22:40
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chas

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Well, I put WD40 in the other day, and no change. I'll give another go before I take the rear cover off Smile.

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Posted 25th Jan 2009 at 07:27
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mine did this the other day, the mechanism on mine is fookd bit of plastic rolling about in the bootlid, looking like another trip to the scrapyard! Meh

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Posted 25th Jan 2009 at 20:57
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chas

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Well, it popped out by itself today. My mate tried to open it when he borrowed my wheel brace as he got a flat, but it popped out an hour later. Whilst it's operating like normal again, it does feel quite 'gritty' so I guess dirt ingress is why it got stuck in the first place. Any ideas on getting the crud out?

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Posted 26th Jan 2009 at 03:08
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berger

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BUMP BUMP!

Mine just stuck in, figured the boot was frozen shut so busted the tools out! Searched and found this thread afterwards...

I climbed in the boot and removed the rear pannel where the wiper is. There is a wire in there which releases the boot, just a light tug and it pops open.

Proceeded to WD40 the shit out of everything in the hope that it solves the problem!

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Posted 19th Dec 2010 at 18:51
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I'd get some spray grease or something similar on there, WD40 doesn't help particularly other than initially freeing things up I've found

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Posted 19th Dec 2010 at 18:56
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Graphite lock lubricant is what you want, try your local key-cutters, they usually sell small tubs for a couple of quid.

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Posted 19th Dec 2010 at 21:50
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berger wrote:
BUMP BUMP!

Mine just stuck in, figured the boot was frozen shut so busted the tools out! Searched and found this thread afterwards...

I climbed in the boot and removed the rear pannel where the wiper is. There is a wire in there which releases the boot, just a light tug and it pops open.

Proceeded to WD40 the shit out of everything in
the hope that it solves the problem!


Amusing that I texted you the same thing i'd written on here 2 years ago. Laugh

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Posted 19th Dec 2010 at 21:52
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tvrfan007 wrote:
berger wrote:
BUMP BUMP!

Mine just stuck in, figured the boot was frozen shut so busted the tools out! Searched and found this thread afterwards...

I climbed in the boot and removed the rear pannel where the wiper is. There is a wire in there which releases the boot, just a light tug and it pops open.

Proceeded to WD40 the shit out of everything in
the hope that it solves the problem!


Amusing that I texted you the same thing i'd written on here 2 years ago. Laugh


Yeah, two hours after I had fixed it! Razz

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Posted 19th Dec 2010 at 23:34
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But 1 minute after I read the text message. Wink

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Posted 19th Dec 2010 at 23:41
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this happened to me today, drove 5 miles like it then when i got home it popped itself out, it happened as it was COLLLLDD and ICCYYY as.

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Posted 21st Dec 2010 at 01:25
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Post #19
Just remove the complete boot lock, disassemble it and clean it properly and apply some grease. Its a bit of a fiddle to get it out and even more to get it in, but once done that you'll have a long trouble free time with your boot button Smile

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