06 Micra tailgate locked help

shytan

The wife's 06 Micra tailgate has decided to stay locked but all other doors lock and unlock on the key fob (new batteries 6 weeks ago) any ideas would be appreciated
Thanks

biko

Tailgate? As in bootlid?

Happened to herself a while back.
Sprayed into lock with wd40, wiggled the key a bit and it got sorted. The locking mechanism was just stuck.
Might work for you too.

shytan

biko wrote: »

Tailgate? As in bootlid?

Happened to herself a while back.
Sprayed into lock with wd40, wiggled the key a bit and it got sorted. The locking mechanism was just stuck.
Might work for you too.

Afraid not it was the first thing I did and the boot lid only opens on the keyfob.Thanks for the reply

massy086

shytan wrote: »

Afraid not it was the first thing I did and the boot lid only opens on the keyfob.Thanks for the reply

can you hear it locking and unlocking when you press the button???

biko

Could be the switch itself. Have you tried opening it from the inside?

greasepalm

crawl into boot,or is there an internal release to pull,when door is opened check for broken wires at hinge as all the opening/closing breaks wires,any other issues like lights rear wiper not working?

shytan

massy086 wrote: »

can you hear it locking and unlocking when you press the button???

Yes its clicking

shytan

massy086 wrote: »

can you hear it locking and unlocking when you press the button???

Yes its clicking

shytan

biko wrote: »

Could be the switch itself. Have you tried opening it from the inside?

Not yet may get to it when I get home tomorrow in some daylight.
Thanks

shytan

greasepalm wrote: »

crawl into boot,or is there an internal release to pull,when door is opened check for broken wires at hinge as all the opening/closing breaks wires,any other issues like lights rear wiper not working?

Was in the the boot and can't see any way to open the boot but I'll keep trying.

antodeco

Hold down the unlock button for a few seconds. The remote may have a setting for doors only and doors/boot.

shytan

antodeco wrote: »

Hold down the unlock button for a few seconds. The remote may have a setting for doors only and doors/boot.

I'll give that a go when I get home thanks

greasepalm

you may have to remove either inside cover of tailgate or if you can see them bolts holding catch to body.

Black_Knight

Google seems to suggest you're not the first, though lots seem to mention just replacing a switch will fix it so you might be in luck. Some forum mentioned a white manual boot release switch behind a black plastic panel, though im just repeating what Dr. Google is telling me.

shytan

Thanks greasepalm and Dark_Knight I have tomorrow off so I'll get stuck in

Black_Knight

shytan wrote: »

Thanks greasepalm and Dark_Knight I have tomorrow off so I'll get stuck in

Seriously?

shytan

Black_Knight wrote: »

Seriously?

I humbly Apologise for getting your name wrong Dark_ Knight

Black_Knight

shytan wrote: »

I humbly Apologise for getting your name wrong Dark_ Knight

Suppose its a better effort than some of the others ive heard. Someone one once just remembered BK, so they called me "Burger King"

shytan

Black_Knight wrote: »

Suppose its a better effort than some of the others ive heard. Someone one once just remembered BK, so they called me "Burger King"

Aghhhhh now the Car won't start Sorry once again I have the same problem with mine why can't people read Farsi

greasepalm

ah bugger one thing after another,cold weather and old car batteries getting hit.

Toyotafanboi

it's written in the owners manual how to access the boot if the battery goes flat (or the solenoid breaks :P) because the k12 micra has no manual lock/ release.

you fold the rear seats down and access the boot from there, then there is a small plastic blanking cap near the boot catch that you take off and insert a flat headed screw driver to release the boot. it doesn't fix it, but if you need to open the boot door, that's how.

tried to find an image there but there's none on google. very hard to find a photo from the inside of the boot looking out i suppose. it'd definitely in the owners manual though. alternatively if you take a photo of the inside of your own boot and post it up here we should be able to point it out.

shytan

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

it's written in the owners manual how to access the boot if the battery goes flat (or the solenoid breaks :P) because the k12 micra has no manual lock/ release.

you fold the rear seats down and access the boot from there, then there is a small plastic blanking cap near the boot catch that you take off and insert a flat headed screw driver to release the boot. it doesn't fix it, but if you need to open the boot door, that's how.

tried to find an image there but there's none on google. very hard to find a photo from the inside of the boot looking out i suppose. it'd definitely in the owners manual though. alternatively if you take a photo of the inside of your own boot and post it up here we should be able to point it out.

Just the ticket there is a tiny slit on the right of the lock when the boot is open insert a small flat head and push it across from right to left and it opens the catch so I charged the battery and hay-presto the car starts on the button.It turns out the selinoid for the boot catch is faulty and had been putting a drain on the battery replacing this soon and all should be well.A BIG Thanks to one and all

greasepalm

yes correct had one in yesterday removed the plastic strip to reveal the release arm as i had to replace the micro switch 82 euro +vat come down in price lol.