HELP!! Boot stuck shut.

[kurkjones]

So when I bought the car one of the keys snapped inside the boot key barrel, today I went to fix it.. opened the boot with the release catch at drivers seat as always-opened boot removed key barrel and all other connecting parts(including the one that operates from drivers seat) went to the workshop and started working on removing the snapped key from barrel-got back to the car and the boot had been shut by the wife!!! It's closed on the catch with no key barrel or connection to the release catch now! How do I get it open this time?!?!

Thanks

[Martin F]

can you not access the latch using something that fits through the hole where the barrel once was ? metal coat hanger for example

[kurkjones]

can you not access the latch using something that fits through the hole where the barrel once was ? metal coat hanger for example

Yeah going to give it a shot that way, ordered a boroscope off ebay too to help if need be, would save a lot of hassle if it works with the coat hangar like you say, was suggested to try that off a friend on Facebook. So caught up in the moment never thought of them things myself.

[Martin F]

can you not access the latch using something that fits through the hole where the barrel once was ? metal coat hanger for example

Yeah going to give it a shot that way, ordered a boroscope off ebay too to help if need be, would save a lot of hassle if it works with the coat hangar like you say, was suggested to try that off a friend on Facebook. So caught up in the moment never thought of them things myself.

If that and everything else fails then you could always cut out a small hole behind the reversing light panel just big enough for your hand to fit through, obviously get pictures beforehand so you don't cut through any wiring etc. then either fill with a bit of fibreglass or weld a plate over it, wouldn't be the end of the world

[thomp1983]

Pm madbasshunter he knows how to do it

[monstr2]

Can you remove the brake light and then try to pry open the trunk lid with a coat hanger? You wouldn't have to break anything this way?

[CalMac]

I suggest locking wife in the boot once you've sorted it

[Groozil]

My boot door got stuck too lol. Must be a common problem.