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YOUR RESEARCHBoot stuck shut - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Leading reported evidence

Disconnect rear luggage light although i think it goes off

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
I've parked behind my gates for now, and disconnected the rear luggage light although I think it goes off on its own after about 5 mins (?).
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Check oil

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Suggestion · Original poster
Perhaps someone will come round and check my oil for me in the night.
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Leading evidence: 'Disconnect rear luggage light although i think it goes off' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check oil' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Check oil

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Suggestion · Original poster
Perhaps someone will come round and check my oil for me in the night.
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Replace solenoid

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Suggestion · Original poster
Problem now is that I can't shut it until I replace the solenoid because it has no latch position like the front.
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Check oil

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Unsuccessful attempts: 1
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Suggestion · Original poster
Perhaps someone will come round and check my oil for me in the night.
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Boot stuck shut - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Disconnect rear luggage light although i think it goes off

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Unsuccessful attempts: 1
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Discussions that performed work without a confirmed outcome: 1

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Performed · outcome unconfirmed · Original poster
I've parked behind my gates for now, and disconnected the rear luggage light although I think it goes off on its own after about 5 mins (?).
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Boot stuck shut - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Replace solenoid

No successful repair reported for this finding.

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Reported fixes: 0
Unsuccessful attempts: 1
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Discussions that contain suggestions: 1

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Suggestion · Original poster
Problem now is that I can't shut it until I replace the solenoid because it has no latch position like the front.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I press the key remote and you can just about hear the whirr but the lid won't pop. Same for the sill button. I have stuff needed for work in there. Help! AA won't come out because it isn't an emergency. Called Porsche Solihull and they told me to take off the rear wheel passenger side and remove the wheel arch liner to reveal an emergency pull cord. Has anybody a picture of this? I'm home now and waiting for it to cool down a bit before getting a jack under it and the wheel off.

POST 2 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I forgot to say, it's a 2003 Boxster S if this makes a difference. A quick search reveals lots of info on the front release but not the rear.

POST 3Original post

Try pressing down on the boot when you press the release, it may release the tension.

POST 4 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

WinstonWolf said: Try pressing down on the boot when you press the release, it may release the tension. I tried that and the Porsche bloke advised that on the phone. Won't release. Got the rear wheel liner off, well, dislodged enough to peer above the exhaust, can't see a release cable. Perhaps it's on the driver's side. Edit: Found it. It was on the n/s but I had to prise the end of the bumper trim away (after undoing a screw) to see it. Managed to get the end of a coathanger on it. (I couldn't work out how to get the rear wheelarch liner completely out.) Pressing the fob button and pulling VERY hard released it. Must lube it if I can. Problem now is that I can't shut it until I replace the solenoid because it has no latch position like the front. Perhaps someone will come round and check my oil for me in the night. I've parked behind my gates for now, and disconnected the rear luggage light although I think it goes off on its own after about 5 mins (?). Edited by ianwayne on Wednesday 12th March 18:13

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