Boot problem

[Eddie9n]

Hi, today I went out to wash my car. Tried to open the boot to empty it, and it wouldn't open. I thought that the problem could be with the central locking pump but the passenger door unlocks fine with the drivers door. When I unlock the car you can hear the usual sound of it unlocking but when you pull the lever it does nothing. I managed to open the boot by using the key, but it is rather annoying and would like it working again. I have tried using the search function to find out what's wrong but had no success. If anyone could shed some light on my problem it would be welcomed. Thanks Ed

[RUM4MO]

Maybe you should have a look at the slightly newer Polo section in this forum - someone is having a similar problem, although the root cause of your problem could be differant to that one. If your actuator is still mounted okay - can you hear it operating? - if you can it will probably have fallen off like the posting I am refering to, if there is no noise at all, then its either a wiring problem - probably in the section of cabling that flexes when the hatch is opened - or an actuator failure - or a CCM failure. Does it work when you try to release the boot while the car is locked - ie by using the boot release button? - just in case there is a separate "command" path in the CCM for that function.

I'm not sure if there is such a thing as a fuse covering this function, but if there is, I'd doubt if it would fail in normal use and replacing it would solve everything - I'd reckon if that is the case than some thing is faulty - check to see what else covers that fuse to see if any thing else is not working (and may have caused this fuse to fail).