I used the dirt on the paintwork to guide me and it worked out OK. Try to get the new latch lined up in the same place as the old one. Replacing the latch is the reversal of the above process.
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Then disconnect the electrical plug and remove the latch.īy the way – a set of these triple square drivers is essential for working on VW Audi group vehicles. With the trim removed, undo the two 8mm triple square / XZN / 12 point spline bolts. I’d definitely recommend wearing gloves! This trim doesn’t need to be removed completely, but we need to disengage the clips along the bottom edge of the tailgate, to allow the trim to move enough to gain access to the bolts holding the latch.
This is easier said than done, as the clips holding it in place are strong. Pull the plastic trim away from the tailgate at the latch end. If you don’t want to buy trim tools, you could use a screwdriver with a rag to protect the trim. If you haven’t got one, I use and recommend Bojo trim tools. Prise out the plastic screw covers with a trim tool. There is a screw at the bottom of each handhold point at the bottom of the tailgate. This is probably unnecessary for a job like this but I’m in the habit of doing it. I disconnected the battery before starting. They chose the eBay option, as the part was a quarter of the genuine VW price. I gave the vehicle owner the option of genuine VW or aftermarket from eBay. I was fairly confident something had broken in the latch mechanism, so I ordered a new one.
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Nothing doing – which was surprising because there seems to be a code for everything in VCDS. At this point I decided to use VCDS to check for fault codes relating to the boot latch. I knew power was reaching the latch mechanism because I could hear and feel the release motor spinning when the button was pressed. It would move but wouldn’t stay latched shut. Next I tried to engage the latch manually using a screwdriver. My first step was to check there wasn’t anything blocking the latch from engaging around the latch pin, or stopping the latch from moving. That’s the story as told to me by the owner of the Tiguan, and is what I found whilst testing it. Something does happen – a loud and unpleasant sound reminiscent of a motor spinning against something broken.Īnd then, as if by magic, after a few more closure attempts and button jabs, it closes, and all is well….until you press the release button, when the whole process starts again. You jab at the release button in the hope that something will happen. You notice the tailgate bounce up and down on the sealing rubbers before coming to rest. You go to close the boot in the usual way, but rather than that satisfying VW thud, a more ‘bouncy’ noise hits your ears. I’ll also show how the boot latch failed. If your VW Tiguan boot won’t close, read on! In this post I’m going to describe the problem on a 2012 Tiguan I was asked to fix, then show you how I fixed it.
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