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Help: Engine Lid won't close

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YOUR RESEARCHHelp: Engine Lid won't close

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rear lid actuator

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The issue turned out to be the rear lid actuator, which resolved the issue.

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Check please

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Anything else I should check please?

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Check please

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Suggestion · Original poster

Anything else I should check please?

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Help: Engine Lid won't close

Check properly tomorrow in better light

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Suggestion · Original poster

I will check properly tomorrow in better light.

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Check please

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Suggestion · Original poster

Anything else I should check please?

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Help: Engine Lid won't close

Check properly tomorrow in better light

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I will check properly tomorrow in better light.

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rear lid actuator

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Reported cause · Original poster

The issue turned out to be the rear lid actuator, which resolved the issue.

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The issue turned out to be the rear lid actuator, which resolved the issue.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

The engine lid won't close properly on my 996 C4S :what:. The lid goes all the way down but the latch doesn't lock properly. I went for a drive after a few weeks off the road, followed by a car wash. Teach me not to clean it in the future! It's not the battery as it was on CTEK and the front opens fine. I have tried WD40 in the latch in case the mechanism is ceased. Anything else I should check please?

POST 2Original post

The lock isn't in the closed position is it? Sorry but i had to ask .. with these locks you can push the middle part down by hand and it will lock .. try that .. if it doesn't then a new lock is required or the cable/solenoid that operates the lock is jammed and holding it in the unlock position .

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Thanks Demort, it looks like the lock is in open position as the lid sits flush. I could be wrong though. I will check properly tomorrow in better light. I am not sure if it has anything to do with water getting in somewhere as it happened after the car wash.

POST 4Original post

Pictures please .. i can see then as im guessing atm ... i can also edit if needed to say press this bit and what happens then . water .. unlikely but i never say never !

POST 6 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I am not sure if the photos attached are clear. I can see the release cable attached. Thanks for your help guys.

POST 7 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I also noticed that when I press the frunk button there is a clicking noise but no similar clicking noise for the rear latch. I can't remember if that's normal?

POST 8 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I was planning to get the car serviced so decided take it to the Porsche specialist. The issue turned out to be the rear lid actuator, which resolved the issue.

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