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Hi all.
Lid was iffy when I bought the car almost two years ago and now resolutely refuses to stay shut. I have tried "locking" it closed but it still pops up.
Looking at the catch and the claw they both seem clean and intact and rotate as I expect they should - is the lock itself goosed?
If so how do you change it - assume I have to take the centre console out? Not looking forward to that as its body painted - tips here appreciated.
Any simple things to check before I do this like squirt some silicone spray into the lock or such like
cheers, Ray
My 996 is still in winter storage so I can't check how my own locking mechanism functions, but if you press down on the lock in order to open, does it return fully upwards after pressing down? How does the button action feel? It could be gunked up with a previous owners spilt coke (hoping for the best here
) so I would start by spraying some WD40 in there
and
some compressed air if available to try and free it up from any stickiness.
Just a thought. Have you checked that the hinges at the back are both intact?
When one of mine broke it wasn't immediately obvious other than the lock wouldn't always engage as the lid twisted slightly due to the broken spring.
If it is the spring its fairly easy to replace.
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