Boot Wont Open Issues - Broken Bracket

[AndyTratter]

Hi all,

So I went to open my VRS's boot the other day using the key fob and heard a horrible grinding noise and the boot wouldnt open. I could hear the actuator working but it wouldnt release so just assumed that the catch had got stuck - i'd seen a few threads on it.

Had a closer look today and found that the metal bracket between the white actuator and boot catch loop had sheered off! That was what the grinding noise was!

Has anyone had this happen and is it a costly fix? Was going to put a deposit down on a new car today and sell the VRS in a few weeks so i'm pretty gutted atm.

Here's a few pics of what's happened anyway:

Cheers, Andrew

[Lycanthrope]

can't see anything sheered off in your pic, are you sure the cables not popped off at the plastic joint ? mine does that quite often

[mannyo]

Look at the last picture, the piece thats broken off is shown at the bottom meaning the acuator has nothing to hold it place and it has slid backwards as a result.

[AndyTratter]

Oh it's definately broken, I can move the actuator around in my hand, it's just floating around. This pic is better, it shows where the two parts should join.

[Lycanthrope]

ahh right, well I wouldn't expect the mech to be too much, write the number down and pop into a TPS ?

[AndyTratter]

I've seen one or two on ebay so not as bad as i thought. I'm going to see if i can get it welded at work first, if they can do it it might be stronger then a new one - that bracket looks really weak and poor.