Cant get my boot open

[TWtom]

I cant get my TW sedan boot open with the remote or the release in the glovebox.I can hear the motor in the boot whirring the usual sound and have tried gentle levering while better half pushes the release but no good. I am on gas so trying to access via hatch in rear seat meets a brick wall. Grateful for any ideas. Tom

[maggie3.5]

tried the key ?

[MadMax]

tried the key ?

Cool idea, if it had somewhere to put said key.

Try pushing DOWN on the boot lid while pushing the glove box release button, then letting go of the lid.

I vaguely remember an emergency release just inside the hatch on the left, accessed from the back seat. (This info may be for a different model though - consult your handbook.)

[Username123]

If you can hear the motor going sounds like the cable might have snapped.

[MadMax]

If you can hear the motor going sounds like the cable might have snapped.

And that helps exactly how?

My TL manual says there is an emergency release cable accessible through the rear hatch, on the left - just checked. Look/feel for a ring-pull. Gas bottle shouldn't be in the way, unless the installer did something silly to it.

[TWtom]

Thanks, Found the emergency release inside the back seat hatch, its like a ring pull. the wire cable that attatches to the plastic arm of the motor has come off. Looks like it must have had a crimped lug securing it once it passed through a guide. Hopefully I can re crimp an inline lug or sinker on the end for a fix. Thanks to all and there is no keyhole in this boot.

[Triddy]

Both my remote button and the push button inside the glove box were making the motor actuate, however the boot wouldn't release. Turns out the white plastic knob on the boot latch had been bumped to the "LOCK" position (blamed the mrs.)

[stroppy]

Just as an aside...when the boot release button on your remote only opens the boot intermittently it's usually the first sign the battery in the fob is on the Fritz. The door buttons then follow in short order.

[Millenium7]

My boot (sedan) just has a weak motor, sounds like the OP has this as well. Nothing to do with the fob And if it was it wouldn't affect the operation of the button in the glove box

I've done everything within my ability of 'normal' tools to fix it, but it's just weak and needs replacing. I just use the key, but it's sometimes quite annoying not being able to open the boot without taking the key out of the ignition

[Aussie_Wolf93]

If you hadn't figured it out already about the little white lever i was gonna point it out

My car suddenly started doing this after a long drive and thought I'd buggered something somehow, turns out the Mrs' had played with the lever when loading the boot :p