Boot open symbol while driving.

[brewey]

Evening all, while on the way to work today I happened to notice that the boot open symbol on the dashboard was semi illuminated. It was get brighter and darker and them disappear for a while and then it would randomly return again.

Does anyone know a possible cause for this as it is annoying and quite distracting once you notice it. I tried having a search but found nothing...

Just to be clear the boot is definitely closed.

[Wazzzer]

microswitch in the mechanism would be my bet

[Bfstrachan]

Just had the same thing! Took the panel off the boot to find the washer jet pipe had come loose and was dripping water onto the boot catch micro switch. I had to take it off a second time because the water jet hose was still leaking after pushing it back into place. Ended up cutting it back a bit and putting a piece of rubber hose with tie grips to get a better join. Replacing the boot catch was pretty straight forward once the panel is removed. I had the very same symptoms you are describing, which later developed into my alarm going of at random times - usually through the night!

[brewey]

Thanks both. That's a better solution (or easier to remedy) than I was expecting. I was wondering if it was a grounding issue somewhere.

What needs to be replaced? Do you have part numbers etc.

I've replaced the whole tailgate and swapped handles etc before it's just a case of remembering what to do.

[Bfstrachan]

This is the PART NUMBER 1J6 827 505 B B41. The replacing is really simple - there are 2 torx screws one in each of the boot panel handle mouldings. Once they are removed is just a case of prizing the panel free, a little tricky, but simple. Once the panel is off there are 2 bolts holding the catch and the actuator to unhook. The washer pipe you can see quite easily and it will be obvious if it has been leaking. I tried just pushing it back on, but after a couple of weeks I had the same problem again. I ended up cutting the hard plastic water feed hose back about an inch down from where it had fitted to the wiper mechanism and put a piece of silicone pipe in its place, held with tie grips. This has definitely stopped the leak - but just waiting for my 2nd catch to arrive. Lesson learned in not trusting the water feed to hold, simply by pushing it back into its original place!

[Tezmax]

£20 at TPS just replaced one myself only took 1hr.

Philips screw driver and a pair of grips will do the whole job