Boot does not open on VW Bora

[shahid1973]

Help needed boot is not opening with remote key fob on my VW bora any ideas?

[Doctle Odd]

Does it open at all?

[grant19841]

What year in car??

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[shahid1973]

No it does not open at all

[shahid1973]

Car is 115 TDI 2001

[Doctle Odd]

You need to drop the back seats and crawl in with a torch. take off the cover and manually open the boot, it's likely the solenoid has gone but you can get it open and repaired without damaging anything

[shahid1973]

Thanks how much am I looking at to get it repaired?

[zollaf]

press and hold the boot unlock button for at least a good few seconds...

[Doctle Odd]

It could be the switch or actuator neither are expensive maybe 30 notes less from a breaker

[Col]

This is quite a common problem.

The insulation on the wires in the loom to the boot lid where it folds over on itself breaks down and causes a short circuit. You most likely need to open up the loom where it folds and repair the exposed wires and insulation.

You should still be able to put the key blade in the lock to get in but if that doesn't work you can indeed crawl in from with the back seats folded.