Boot lock / fuel filler lock failures
Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:46 pm
Hi all,
Used to post fairly frequently many years ago on the 9n3 forum, hoping for a bit of advice with a friends 6R so thought I'd come back!
Got what appears to be the reasonably common boot lock failure - won't open by lifting the emblem handle or by holding the boot release on the fob (although with this the hazards flash) and can only open it with the manual release from the inside.
Given that it won't open with either the handle or the fob I had assumed it was the lock at fault and not the handle itself and was planning on replacing the lock unit.
However, whilst fiddling with it I noticed that the fuel filler won't lock on the central locking (seems to be another common fault). The rest of the central locking works apart from these 2 issues. Pulled fuse 48 on the basis of an online fuse diagram which seemed to control these 2 locks but it was intact and on further review of the fuse diagram linked on the forum it turns out that this refers to the entire central locking system to another non starter.
The rest of the electrics work fine in the boot so reasonably confident about earths etc.
Looking for a bit of advice on whether there's anything linking the 2 before I start swapping parts out to see if it makes a difference? Are there any other ways to isolate the issue to the boot lock? Car isn't local to me but trying to sort it for a friend so limited in times I can go to mess about with it etc - hoping to be reasonably confident in the issue before sourcing parts to swap.
Thanks in advance!
Used to post fairly frequently many years ago on the 9n3 forum, hoping for a bit of advice with a friends 6R so thought I'd come back!
Got what appears to be the reasonably common boot lock failure - won't open by lifting the emblem handle or by holding the boot release on the fob (although with this the hazards flash) and can only open it with the manual release from the inside.
Given that it won't open with either the handle or the fob I had assumed it was the lock at fault and not the handle itself and was planning on replacing the lock unit.
However, whilst fiddling with it I noticed that the fuel filler won't lock on the central locking (seems to be another common fault). The rest of the central locking works apart from these 2 issues. Pulled fuse 48 on the basis of an online fuse diagram which seemed to control these 2 locks but it was intact and on further review of the fuse diagram linked on the forum it turns out that this refers to the entire central locking system to another non starter.
The rest of the electrics work fine in the boot so reasonably confident about earths etc.
Looking for a bit of advice on whether there's anything linking the 2 before I start swapping parts out to see if it makes a difference? Are there any other ways to isolate the issue to the boot lock? Car isn't local to me but trying to sort it for a friend so limited in times I can go to mess about with it etc - hoping to be reasonably confident in the issue before sourcing parts to swap.
Thanks in advance!
