My tailgate won't open with the key (key doesn't turn at all) and my lever has suddenly stopped working today. 2007 Sti (hawkeye). Bit of a nightmare. Any suggestions?

Cheers.

 

Yeah, take back seat out and you can manually pull the latch, then atleast its open to have a look at whats jamming the lock.

 

Thinking it could be the cable has unhooked for the lever, although i can hear it clicking at the back of the car when the lever is pulled up. Tried the small latch inside the boot up and down aswell so it's not that. Stressing me out.

 

Can you open it

 

No. Never been able to with the key (don't know why) and today the lever has failed. Doesn't seem to be much tension on it now which leads me to think it's the cable somewhere and somehow disconnected.

 

Back seats out then bud, its really easy to do,

Once in the boot there is a metal rod coming from the lock to the latch, pull that, it will open

 

Which latch is it you're meaning mate? I can reach the cancel catch from the hatch in the back seats.

 

behind the key lock, there is a bar clipped into that, this rod is what opens the boot when you turn your key,

if you unclip this rod and pull it the boot will open, a brand new square lock with new key is less than £30 from subaru

jake

 

Probably just hand it in to them when i get a minute. Thanks for your help.

 

If you give up as easy as that you'd better have deep pockets owning a Scoob

 

Never had any problems with any of my impreza's to be honest. Just sounds like a bit of hassle for something that i'm going to have to repair anyway. Be aswell just paying the few quid it costs.

 

Join scottishscoobies if your not already on it and one of the local guys will look at it for you

 

Are you sure you havent accidentally moved the lever down on the latch? My boot wouldnt open and it was that. Effin boot lid rattles though.

 

I managed to sort it lads. It was just the catch that was jamming. Just needed freed up and cleaned. Crawled through and popped the boot open to have a look.

My lock never working since i got the car seems a bit more of a concern now though. Might have to check that out.

 

Copious amounts of WD40 in the mechanism.

Turn the lock with the key a few times.

Leave for 24 hours.

Turn the lock some more.

Liberally douse the mechanism with 3-in-1.

Turn the lock some more.

That should sort it, going forward (unless it's a proper, immovable jam, of course).

 

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
carb or brake cleaner, then once clean use a decent lube as mentioned,
wd40 is evil stuff in locks and window runners.

 

It's just a water dispersing agent. Hence the name "WD..."

I defo used it on my previous WRX's sticky bonnet lock, and it worked a treat. Didn't suffer any ill-effects, per se.


What does it do to locks and window runners, then?

 

Bit of a geek moment but wd40 means watered down (oil) 40 times

 

Ah, interesting interesting.


But it is a water dispersant, regardless. Or certainly acts as one.

 

Actually, I was right - albeit it's (Water) "Displacement", and not Dispersent. Same thing, though.

From their website:

"WD-40 literally stands for Water Displacement, 40th formula. That's the name straight out of the lab book used by the chemist who developed the product back in 1953. The chemist, Norm Larsen, was attempting to concoct a formula to prevent corrosion - a task which is done by displacing water. Norm's persistence paid off when he perfected the formula on his 40th try. Please see Our History for more information."

 

...Hold on - were you just mucking about, Norton?

lol

 

No mate was a fact i was told by my old tutor. I stand corrected tho if you have researched it.

 

lol

Yeah, see here:

http://wd40.com/faqs

 

I know i just googled it lol well at least we aint falling out or calling each other wd40 fanboys lol

 

Haw haw.

"Awww...WD40 fwiends!"

 

Now dont get wrong impression. Im a duck oil owner. Not your poverty u.k spec chavy wd40 owner.

 

http://www.swarfega.com/workplace/products/sdo5l

Does it **** all over WD40, then?

 

Also hope it was the warm weather that gave you a restless night and not the meaning of wd lol. This is the sort of banter that this site should be about instead of most threads turning ugly.

 

I don't 'get' trying to get one over someone in cyberspace, whom you'll never meet. Just to try to prove a point.

I can't think of a more futile pursuit. Strange behaviour, TBH.