boot lock

[djday22]

HI
Wondered if anyone could help me please. My boot will open sometimes and then not others e.g. put somethin in the boot and drove to work, went to get it out again and it wouldnt open, then went back a couple of hours later and it opened.
A couple of times the boot is supposed to have opened and it hasnt but with a litte force it has opened. Wondered if it was the boot lock or the switch?

thanks

P.s. I have a megane 52 reg

[john m]

Most commonly it is water ingress into the switch

[lovol]

We seem to have this problem on ours too, did you ever solve it?

[lovol]

For futuer refrence:

I fixed it!

Fortunately it was only water in the button that you use to open the boot.

So for other’s benefit. I just got a flat screwdriver (small one) and prised the button off the car. It popped off REALLY easily. Then used some very small long nose plier to pull the other part of plastic through the hole. Then used the same screwdriver to prise the 2 parts (that are still attached to the car) apart so you end up looking at three parts. 1, rubber button with a spring on it. 2, micro switch with connector, 3. Connector (attached to the car with 2 wires, blue and brown).

Anyway, the micro switch looked perfectly undamaged. However putting a multi meter on it showed some resistance (i.e. a slight connection) even when not pressing the button.

5 mins with a hairdryer and it was working perfectly again.

Cleaned rubber parts on button.

Put parts 1+2 together, then attach to part 3. Then push back into car (hole). Done