help luggage compartment triggerin alarm HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[techno-len]

  right the story begins with closing my eyes last night about 11:30 and just as i closed my eyes my misses woke me to is that your car alarm i got up n sure enough it was, f**ked about tryin to stop it, lock the car with out the alarm everything by 1 this mornin i gave up n disconnected the battery. drove to work and parked it all day, nothing, 100 yards from home luggage compartment kept pinging up n light was flickering not constantly on so my guess is the sensor that realises the tailgate is open is f**ked but where the f**k is it im gonna burn the car or park it away from flat so i aint gotta listen to the twit all night please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krispy]

i got the exact same thing happening to me a couple of days ago.. it was driving me mad so i pressed that button next to the drivers seat several times and then it just stopped and hasnt happened since.. i think it might be the cold weather 

[Rhyso]

sounds like your rear wash wiper is leaking - common problem - the hose pops off as it freezes, you then use the washer and nothing happens as the pressure blows the pipe off cauing it to leak over the boot switch

[Krispy]

hmm.. my rear wiper is working but its squirting the water from the middle to the left, but it wont go to te right side so it must've moved as it used to squirt straight up

[Ridg]

hmm.. my rear wiper is working but its squirting the water from the middle to the left, but it wont go to te right side so it must've moved as it used to squirt straight up

your wiper is broken then, even broken ones still leak, best bet is to use the rear wiper (with spray) and then check the inside of the boot for leaks.

vwspeed sell a repair kit, but it only works if you've a certain type or wiper motor, alternatively £25 down a breakers

[troublestarter]

the boot pin switch is built into the boot lock mechanism
moisture gets into it and causes corrosion across the pins in the lock
easiest way round it would be to remove the boot trim panel on the tailgate and unplug the little black plug in the boot mechanism this will stop it from false alarming
as to fix it requires a new boot lock
you have ultrasonic protection front and rear so you would still trigger the alarm if someone was to open the boot

[techno-len]

troublestarter u r an absolute f*u*c*k*i*n leg end perhaps i might get some sleep tonight

[Krispy]

that was random 

[woggledog]

How Bizarre! Picked up a 2002 GT PD today (Oh my god it's fantastic, but aren't the doors heavy?). The 70 miles between Norfolk and Suffolk, no probs. Lock it up outside mine, alarm goes off after an hour. Unlock, and Lock, and all things well.

Go out tonight, and the luggage compartment flickers like a good un. the boot, and the locking mech is indeed wet. Dried using paper towel and a blast of WD40, and it's not gone off in the last 30 mins, but am hoping to have a good nights sleep.

Will be a stern call to the stealers where I bought it from tomorrow, I can tell you!

[techno-len]

iv owned my 02 gti for bout 8 months its the first thing to really go wrong other than a coil pack but the originals had done 110000