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[stevo123]

hi there, the boot on my fiesta zetec s keeps coming open, i just done 7 miles home from work and it come open 3 times,has anyone else had this problem?

[MartynS]

I've not had the problem myself but remember reading, on here I think, that the rubber stops on the boot lid can be screwed in/out to change their length. Being too far out stops the boot catch engaging fully. Maybe try !Removed! them in further, unless the problem is that despite being shut correctly it pops open? Don't hold me to any of this though, just going by what I've read!

[stevo123]

I've not had the problem myself but remember reading, on here I think, that the rubber stops on the boot lid can be screwed in/out to change their length. Being too far out stops the boot catch engaging fully. Maybe try !Removed! them in further, unless the problem is that despite being shut correctly it pops open? Don't hold me to any of this though, just going by what I've read!

[stevo123]

i think it has something to do with the remote locking device because i can sit in the car stationary and here a clicking noise and then the boot pops open.

[TroodoN]

try to disconnect batteries to reset car settings (if its something to do with this locikng) but i might be talking rubbish. Just a thought

[andrew43]

mine kept doing it the boot switch was faulty fixed under warranty

[stevo123]

i thought i had it sorted but i just went out and it kept constantly opening.

[andrew43]

must be the switch take it back to the dealer

[mark t]

Do you have the key in your back pocket? I happens to me when I sit down, and have to get out to reshut it!

[stevo123]

no key in back pocket

[Liverpool-S]

I have exactly the same problem !

Also though my boot button is dead and has been for some time, but today it has started doing the same as yours. I get in the car start the engine and pop goes the boot.

If i shut it quickly and get in the car and press the lock button it stops doing it, but as the car has just gone out of warrenty i am reluctant to have it done as the stealers will charge a bomb !!!

[stevo123]

mine is going in friday, it should be done under warranty it was a year old last week.

[nightmair23]

mine is going in friday, it should be done under warranty it was a year old last week.

Can you let us know the outcome please?
I have started having this exact problem today and now every time I start the engine, the boot pops open.

Have a 2010 Fiesta which is now out of warranty, or is this still covered?

Could be a wiring issue which I fear may cost a bomb to fix!

[d2kea]

Can you let us know the outcome please?
I have started having this exact problem today and now every time I start the engine, the boot pops open.

Have a 2010 Fiesta which is now out of warranty, or is this still covered?

Could be a wiring issue which I fear may cost a bomb to fix!

The warranty will be for 3 years from registration.

[StewartM]

Mine did it a year ago, then seemed to stop, was all right through Summer, then refused to unlock on the Central Locking though would unlock with the key button. The electric latch was replaced under warranty. I believe this is a pretty commn fault on Fiestas and Focuses.