Opel Insignia boot release button

dobbs2210 · 11-05-2015 2:28pm #1

Just bought an Opel Insignia saloon that pops the boot from the key or manually by pressing the boot release outside the front of the boot. Just wondering is the a small button release that I can by and install to allow me pop the boot if driving the car for a person outside??

colm_mcm · 11-05-2015 5:28pm

For some reason the hatchback and estate have an exterior button but the saloon doesn't.

dobbs2210 · 11-05-2015 9:42pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

For some reason the hatchback and estate have an exterior button but the saloon doesn't.

Any solution to it in terms of getting some sort of manual switch installed inside the car to press to pop the boot?

colm_mcm · 11-05-2015 9:44pm

should be possible alright. You'd need to get an auto electrician to rig something up. I can't see it being reasonably priced though.

I wonder why it hasn't got a button under the badge from factory. I also wonder if the badge from a hatchback could be swapped and whether the wiring is already there for a switch....

Surely if it were that easy they'd have done it from factory

edburg · 12-05-2015 4:48pm

There is a button under the badge on boot of saloon, however not sure if you can open the boot when the keys in igition or car running.

dobbs2210 · 12-05-2015 5:06pm

edburg wrote: »

There is a button under the badge on boot of saloon, however not sure if you can open the boot when the keys in igition or car running.

Yeah that's my problem. Boot won't open when the key is in the ignition.

colm_mcm · 12-05-2015 8:09pm

Oh, I thought there wasn't a button the boot. Is there?

MuppetCheck · 12-05-2015 8:39pm

dobbs2210 wrote: »

Yeah that's my problem. Boot won't open when the key is in the ignition.

At least with the Astra they auto lock. Hit the unlock button inside and you can access the boot.

edburg · 12-05-2015 10:36pm

That might be an option actually, if you press the unlock button on dash it may release the boot.

Never tried all this on mine have to have butchers in book tomorrow.

ThisRegard · 12-05-2015 10:59pm

MuppetCheck wrote: »

At least with the Astra they auto lock. Hit the unlock button inside and you can access the boot.

You can do this on my wife's Insignia hatch too. I've never come across the problem of being unable to open it with the keys in the ignition.

dobbs2210 · 13-05-2015 12:01am

ThisRegard wrote: »

You can do this on my wife's Insignia hatch too. I've never come across the problem of being unable to open it with the keys in the ignition.

I want to be able to physically pop the boot manually inside the car? I know the boot can be opened by pressing the badge outside. But with my last car a vw passat i had a flick switch down at the side of my seat that when pressed would physically pop the boot for me if required. Any way of achieving this with a saloon Insignia?

ThisRegard · 13-05-2015 7:12am

Not that I know off but hers is a hatch. Is it worth all the effort to save someone pressing the button on the boot lid ?

Opel Insignia boot release button

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