Boot won't stay shut

[morrows]

Hi there. I wondered if anyone could help me out. This weekend something went wrong on my 2001 passat saloon that prevented my boot from staying shut. I mean, it closes but you don't have to use the handle to open it. The remote (inside driver's door) doesn't open the boot either (not that it's a problem as it's open anyway!).

The really annoying thing is the warning bleep that goes off every time I drive over a speed bump - drives me potty! Oh and I'm a bit worried about opportunistic thieves opening the boot when I've got it parked up.

Has anyone else had this problem and if so what can I do to fix the pesky thing?

Cheers. Stu

[karlosthejackal]

This happened on my passat estate recently,I ended up changing the "stelmotor". This is a motorised device which pulls the cable attached to the door catch, when you pull the door handle.

When I closed the boot lid the catch would not engage because the motor had failed, keeping the catch in the open position.

Hope this makes sense, and is of some help.

[Meadowboy]

I have the same problem with my 2001 Passat V5 saloon. I discovered that part of the plastic catch in the lock mechanism on the bootlid had broken. New lock surprisingly cheap at £16 but big problem is working out how to remove boot lid liner to get at it. Have removed 2 screws behind warning triangle and the 2 inside the rubber bump stops but liner still fixed fast. Does anybody know how to get it off please?

[karlosthejackal]

on the estate, once all the screws are removed, it's just a matter of pulling it until all the clip things pop off, feels like you're gonna break something, but I managed not to.

Good Luck

[asta]

carefully pull it off with the help of a screw driver. use the screw driver to lever the cover away from the clips.