All of a sudden the boot lock is acting up.  Every time it is closed it locks and can't be opened with the boot catch.  Central locking button on the fob does not unlock it.  The boot unlock button on the fob partly unlocks it but the boot can only be opened half-an-inch.

 

Partial solution.  If I hold the boot unlock button down on the fob, then I can open the boot with the catch on the boot.  They have to be operated together.

 

My wife's fob does the same.

 

It seems like a logic issue???

Sounds like a new latch is required. 

First thing I would be checking were the wires between the hatch and the body.

The wiring harness was fine.  So I took the release button off and found it was shorted.  A new switch is over £100!  I found one on eBay for £24.  Let's hope that fixes it but testing with a paper clip in place of the switch works correctly.

I had to destroy the old boot catch/switch to get the microswitch out.  It was just stuck down but works OK.  The one from eBay is fitted and everything is now dandy.

Edited 28 August, 20205 yr by farty