Reply With Quotehave you set your doors to self lock when your car moves? if so, your boot is also locked, this happens in my golf, there is a central lock/unlock switch where it will unlock the boot while the engine is running.
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Guys, my new Jetta Tsi is teasing me, How the do you get into the boot when the car is running, I had an instance last week where i had to pull over and get something out of the boot, the car was running but the soft touch button on the boot wouldn't work, so I tried the FOB (while in ignition of course) and yet again nothing.......so...... I turned the engine off, tried the FOB again and there you go it opens!! is there some kind of feature that disables the boot from being opened while the car is running?? is it programmable??
Last edited by WEDEL.1; 05-03-2009 at 08:44 PM. Reason: Inappropriate language
Dubber
have you set your doors to self lock when your car moves? if so, your boot is also locked, this happens in my golf, there is a central lock/unlock switch where it will unlock the boot while the engine is running.
2008 Golf GTi Mk5, Tornado Red, Roof, Leather and iPod connector
Volkswagen Fan
Yes the car does lock automatically, but to open the boot I have to unlock the car to get out first, so I would have thought the boot would unlock too??
Volkswagen Fan
press the unlock button on your door panel twice that will unlock the bootOriginally Posted by Creniac
Volkswagen Fan
Sweeeeeet!! Thanks Guys..
Volkswagen Fan
just to clarify on the boot issue on a jetta....
there is no button or lever i can pull to open the boot from the driver side, is there? something similar to the fuel filler cap release button ...
correct me if im wrong, but the only way to open the boot is via the key when the car isn't running or by physically getting out of the car when the car is running, unlocking the locks and then pushing up the button above the rear number plates to open the boot, yes?
Volkswagenist
Why would you want to open the boot when the car is running? What would occur if you did this when moving? How hard is it to press the button to open the boot?
I don't understand what you want to achieve when there is a way to open the boot when the car is running and this requires you to unlock the boot and for someone to open the boot by pressing a button actually on the boot.
Volkswagen Fan
sorry, i don't think i made it clear. I DONT want to open the boot when the cars running.
I just wanted to know if there's a button or something inside the cockpit that i can press to open the boot from the inside....
Because in my old Accord Euro, there was a lever i can pull to open the boot from the drivers cockpit as well as the push button above the rear number plate and via the key.
Just curious thats all...
Volkswagen Fan
Well I'm confused about all of this, I own a Golf GTI and am unsure about all the locking/unlocking features. I know that the car does not (hasn't been set to) lock doors while driving because I don't have to press anything for me or passengers to get out of the car without turning the engine off, does this mean that if i am at a set of lights someone can come along and open my boot and steal stuff from there????
Looks like I need to read more and do some hands on experiments.
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Mk7 Golf GTI PP DSG, Tornado Red
Volkswagen Fan
I'm confused.
Are we talking about car pulled over on the side of the road, engine still running and you can't open the boot?
When traveling with the kids, we often pull over to get something out of the boot but leave the engine running, especially in summer to leave the AC going...
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