LUCKHAM
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Help please!
Hi All
I have just purchased a 2001 W208 CLK320 and on the 2nd day of ownership the auto boot release from the key fob stopped working.
I then tried the internal button to no avail, and lastly I tried to insert the emergency key into the lock and that would only go in the lock about 2/3's of the way..
So essentially I was completely locked out of the boot, and to make matters worse I had just been shopping and I had a load of food in there!.. :neutral:
I then managed to gain access via the rear seat and proceeded to dismantle the lock assembly (bottom part) so that I could gain access from the outside.
I managed to do this after a lot of fiddling about, so the next thing I did was to check all of the fuses (which were all ok) I then dismantled the top part of the lock (on the boot lid) and could see that it had an electrical wire and the vacuum line going into it..
The question I have is if the lock barrel is seized, would this prevent the vacuum pump from operating? or do you recon that the both the pump and the lock have failed simultaneously? (which would seem odd) Lastly what is the electric wire for? There didn't seem to be any current going through this when it was disconnected from the lock (even when I pressed the boot release button).
Thanks in advance to anyone that can assist me with this issue..
Hi All
I have just purchased a 2001 W208 CLK320 and on the 2nd day of ownership the auto boot release from the key fob stopped working.
I then tried the internal button to no avail, and lastly I tried to insert the emergency key into the lock and that would only go in the lock about 2/3's of the way..
So essentially I was completely locked out of the boot, and to make matters worse I had just been shopping and I had a load of food in there!.. :neutral:
I then managed to gain access via the rear seat and proceeded to dismantle the lock assembly (bottom part) so that I could gain access from the outside.
I managed to do this after a lot of fiddling about, so the next thing I did was to check all of the fuses (which were all ok) I then dismantled the top part of the lock (on the boot lid) and could see that it had an electrical wire and the vacuum line going into it..
The question I have is if the lock barrel is seized, would this prevent the vacuum pump from operating? or do you recon that the both the pump and the lock have failed simultaneously? (which would seem odd) Lastly what is the electric wire for? There didn't seem to be any current going through this when it was disconnected from the lock (even when I pressed the boot release button).
Thanks in advance to anyone that can assist me with this issue..