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13th November 2012, 19:18 | #1 |
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Help with boot
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I am the very proud owner of a 2004 54-REG ROVER 75 1.8 CONNOISSEUR SE AUTOMATIC only picked it up on Saturday, however the boot won't open, it did for the first day. I have looked on the forum and it refers to a lock on the boot lid but this car does not have one!! The release button by the foot well makes 3 loud clunks but nothing happens. Just before it stopped opening it was giving trouble to close and I had to press the release button first and then close the boot. Can anyone help this novice female |
13th November 2012, 19:25 | #2 |
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Sounds like the old "Machine Gun Syndrome" When you press the release,have someone lift the boot lid at the same time to open it,then,when you have it open,you'll see 2 black stops on the boot lid.Wind these out(Anti clockwise) about 1/4 turn & that should solve the problem HTH's
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13th November 2012, 19:35 | #3 |
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Thank you so much I will try that when there is someone around to lift the boot lid.
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13th November 2012, 19:56 | #4 |
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The later "facelift" models have a feature on the remote to open the boot rather than a using a lock on the boot lid.
Hold the unlock button down for a second and it releases the boot lid. With the problem you've got hold the button down until you hear the "machine-gunning" and lift the boot lid at the same time. Then you'll be able to adjust the bump stops on the edge of the lid as explained by Ronnie. Hth |
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as he says!! You should be able to do this holding the key button unlock down and as it clunks lift the lid. Then try adjusting the bump stops. |
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13th November 2012, 21:35 | #6 |
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Sorry if i missed something here,but the op states The release button by the foot well makes 3 loud,so i was assuming that the car has the footwell release
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13th November 2012, 21:45 | #7 |
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but this is a 54 plate car so it should have a key based release shouldn't it ? If not then I guess the other advice works but you need two peeps to do it!
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13th November 2012, 23:02 | #8 |
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Hi there is a emergency pull lever on the 2004 faclift models inside of boot which you access from inside the car by removing the rear seats,its a little tag you pull,it states this in the handbook hope this helps if all else fails to get your boot open regards jondonwar
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13th November 2012, 23:05 | #9 |
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If still has the button in the footwell but as said hold the unlock button on the key in while lifting the lid and it'll open
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13th November 2012, 23:19 | #10 |
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The lock in the boot lid was replaced by key remote release on the saloons but they still have the footwell release button - it's the tourers that had it delisted.
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