Evening all.

Quick update.

My bonnet is now open, a very cold, difficult 2 hours, will not bore you all, but if it happens to you, please message me. Dont go under the car or through the wheel arch, impossible.

Just wanted to say, there is a junction box, little thin black plastic box attached to the underside of the cover/tray opposite the airbox, held on by two silver clips.

The two bonnet cables meet there, one from the release lever, the other from the latch, the latter pops out under stress from a clogged latch or the plastic pops open, combination of both over time.

Please zip tie it shut the next time you are under the bonnet! Cannot stress this enough. And clean and grease your latch.

Also grease the cable before you zip tie it.

Huge design fault by VW., a zip tie would have saved me hours of grief and stress.

Looks like below, from a Golf I think. Ours is on the passenger side.

Any advice, please ask.

Graham.

Duly noted. Glad you got it sorted.

Thanks for the update! I've been following with interest!

14 hours ago, Jaynet62 said:

Thanks for the update! I've been following with interest!

Thank you.

I need a favour please.

Can someone send me a pic of the cable routing from the latch to the junction box please?

My current one is now zip tied to the grill direct from the latch so I can use pliers until the new cable arrives next week.

Part of the opening process involved slightly tearing the black housing whilst yanking it down blindly.

Dont ask.

Many thanks.

Graham.