Hi all,

 

Fabia MK2 estate - the boot will occasionally not want to 'close' properly, it won't click shut unless banged really hard several times. It also, with no rhyme or reason, seems to sometimes unlock the boot with one press of the key (which is what I want it to do) but quite often doesn't, and will re-lock the boot after closing even when I use the boot button on the key. Is this an issue anyone else has? I'm concerned that water may have got in via the rust above the numberplate (am I right in saying this propagates due to water holding foam seals in the light fittings?) as shown in the photo. Could the mechanism inside the boot have gone funky from the moisture?

 

anyone with some expertise on this please give me a shout

 

and yes, I will be getting the boot rust sorted as soon as I can afford, I'm thinking of getting a body shop to clean it up and do a black stripe along to avoid poorly matched paint

On our old MK2 the rubber around wiper arm was gone alowing water into rear of hatch and then running down onto the catch, simular issues to what you have mentioned, landed up buying a new latch from dealers around £35 and £6. odd for new rubber ring seal also noticed that earth was through the retaining screws so ran another eart wire from catch to a bolt on the inside of the hatch cured our issue don't know if this will help you 

6 hours ago, hebdenwill said:

and yes, I will be getting the boot rust sorted as soon as I can afford, I'm thinking of getting a body shop to clean it up and do a black stripe along to avoid poorly matched paint

 

Would you maybe benefit from getting a tailgate from a scrap car (see eBay) and using that instead? It's probably cheaper.

Might even have the boot pop intact.