headache56
27-05-2008, 06:21 PM
I just replaced the boot / trunk LOCK in my 1999 1.8T VW Passat. The spring inside the old lock, which flicks a lever over when the boot /trunk is in the closed position, had broken. The new mechanism now locks fine but will not unlock.
However, my new problem is that the electric mechanism will not unlock. I am also unable to open the lock manually using the key. From inside the car I can reach behind the rear seats, pull the unlocking bar then it unlocks.
I cannot see why the unlocking rod is not moving. Just looking at the piston moving and the bits that are connected to it, I cannot see that the angles and connections would ever result in the rod moving but there seems only one way of connecting the unlocking rod to the lock so I am stumped.
Here's the video:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/headachefiftysix
However, my new problem is that the electric mechanism will not unlock. I am also unable to open the lock manually using the key. From inside the car I can reach behind the rear seats, pull the unlocking bar then it unlocks.
I cannot see why the unlocking rod is not moving. Just looking at the piston moving and the bits that are connected to it, I cannot see that the angles and connections would ever result in the rod moving but there seems only one way of connecting the unlocking rod to the lock so I am stumped.
Here's the video:
http://uk.youtube.com/user/headachefiftysix