The Passat boot with a mind of its own!

[passafist]

Passat B6 2006:

Has anyone experienced a situation where the boot opens on its own when the car is unlocked?

It's not a mechanical fault - disconnecting the connector to the latch stops the problem.

The remotes don't appear to operating sporadically and the rear latch (VW emblem) is not faulty - with the switch disconnected the problem continues.

I reckon it must be RF interference from somethng nearby

[BlackVr6ix]

I noticed in dads sometimes the boot button catches on the unlock button if your not careful.

wont be RF interference, the VW remotes are code/frequency hopping.

[passafist]

Many thanks - I found it hard to believe that it was interference.

Could you just run your answer by me again? .. the boot button (the VW logo?) latches on the unlock button (which one is that?)

[BlackVr6ix]

must be a different key, this one has three buttons all in a line.

[phaeton]

Not an expert but VAG-COM it maybe

[passafist]

Sorry - now I understand - you were referring to the key fob. I am pretty sure that is not the cause because the red LED wasn't flashing when the problem occurred.

[passafist]

Had the problem fixed. The dealer (McCarrolls Hornsby) had seen the problem before in a new Passat and it took them 28 hours to isolate the fault in that case! 27 hours of that was sunk cost as VW generously paid for 1 hour!

The problem was the left door module sending out incorrect instructions!

I'm guessing now but I presume the left door module handles the door locking logic because in Europe it is the drivers door.

There were no replacement modules available in the Sthn Hemisphere, so they extracted a new module from a new car for me. Top marks to McCarrolls !!!

[pinzvidz]

Had the problem fixed. The dealer (McCarrolls Hornsby) had seen the problem before in a new Passat and it took them 28 hours to isolate the fault in that case! 27 hours of that was sunk cost as VW generously paid for 1 hour!

The problem was the left door module sending out incorrect instructions!

I'm guessing now but I presume the left door module handles the door locking logic because in Europe it is the drivers door.

There were no replacement modules available in the Sthn Hemisphere, so they extracted a new module from a new car for me. Top marks to McCarrolls !!!

If only all dealerships were like that... All manufacturers are the same though, they always pay little if no warranty labour to the dealer for diagnosis.