Boot latch won’t close/lock - 2006 318Ci
Another one on the perpetually increasing list of things going wrong with my car:
My boot won’t lock or close. The latch doesn’t close automatically when I close the boot or if I try to lock it with the key or remote.
I can lock it by popping it into place with a screwdriver (as per the video below) but of course I can’t do this when the boot is closed.
The video below shows the issue. At 0:06 is when I use the remote key to open the boot, no problem there. The rest of the video is locking and unlocking the car with nothing happening in the latch actuator. At 0:20 is me forcing the latch to shut using a screwdriver, which is the only way it closes.
https://youtu.be/PnNt0jFCFV8
Interestingly I bought a replacement latch acuator unit but the issue still persists, so it seems like something other than the latch actuator itself (unless the replacement part happened to have the same fault, which is possible).