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Hi, Thanks for that info - I tried that a few times, but no joy I'm afraid. I'm not sure I can just leave it and hope it will magically start working again, as its seriously annoying my wife. I'll have a look back through this, and related threads and find the part that needs buying and maybe have to bite the bullet on that.

Hi, I'm a little late to this party - but a very interesting thread. I've had my battery replaced at a local garage, and since then, the boot cannot be opened, manually or automatically. Its gone back to the garage but they are struggling to find any reason for it - found no obvious electric faults. Interested to read about this happening to some people in the cold/damp. In the three weeks or so before we had the battery changed, the heater broke (coolant leak - now fixed) and I noticed a lot of condensation forming on the inside of the car. I'm wondering if this has led to the problem. It seems that for a few people, this issue rectified itself when the weather improved. Herbie, if you still have the information that pertains to this issue - I'd be grateful to have a look. I might get my car back this weekend and warm it up for a good while and see if that does anything. Thanks.

Ah - thanks that is interesting. My mechanic has had an auto-electrician out to look at it, and they were still stumped - no obvious faults at all. I wish mine would spring back into life - maybe I'll get a hair dryer on it! Its a bit like a more extreme version of an issue we've seen before when the battery has gone flat. Sometimes weren't able to open the boot to get to the battery to jump it (I know you can do it from the points under the bonnet). And then randomly if you try it again a bit later, it opened. But this has been permanently locked shut for a week now.

How did you resolve this in the end? I've got exactly the same thing - got my local garage to replace battery in the boot. Picked it up, and next try tried to open the boot - nothing. Can't open it automatically or manually. Its permanently shut. Taken it back to the garage to get fixed, but he seems pretty stumped.