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I took the switch out, and although clicking it wasn't making contact. I also found I could actuate the boot by using a wire to bypass the switch. I didn't want to wait for one from China so ordered this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165140806387 which came a couple of days later. Put it in yesterday and now have a working boot switch again.

I just came on to see if there was any advice for this. Same age of car, and the boot switch no longer working. I've been blaming it sitting outside in torrential rain a few weeks ago. It did the same about a year ago, but you could eventually get it to work if you tried enough. This time it's just not working and I'm having to use the button on the key to open it. I did wonder about the wiring, because if you open the tailgate with the car still running, the rear wiper comes on ( which I'm pretty sure it shouldn't!-) but it's been doing that for a long time which is why I'm thinking it's maybe just the switch, or at least it was last time.

In case someone else finds it useful, I've just disconnected and changed the battery without any alarms/horns sounding when disconnecting the old one, or connecting the new one. I could have sworn it did at some point last time, but my memory may have been playing tricks (again),

I'm about to change the battery in my car. The last time I did it was 8.5 years ago (so can't really complain too much!-) If I remember correctly, after disconnecting the battery last time, the horn (might have been the alarm, but it was a while ago) started beeping. I guess it must have some sort of backup battery, but is there a way to prevent it going off? I don't remember what I did last time, maybe just annoyed the neighbours until the new battery was connected. I guess the usual things to try like locking & unlocking the car won't work without a battery connected.