Hi
My R57 has recently developed a problem whereby the boot consistantly opens on its own.
I noticed that the car was steaming up and I could hear water swishing around inside the boot skin, I took off the interior panel and saw that the skin was FULL of water. I presumed this had happened as the boot had opened when we had a heavy snowfall and it melted into the skin. There is a small rubber plug at the bottom of the boot which I removed and drained the water, I unplugged the electrics to the boot stopping it opening on its own. After a few heavy rainfalls though it had filled back up, I have removed the plug at the bottom of the boot so water doesn't stay within the skin but now the boot only opens on the key!!!! One good thing, it doesn't open on its own anymore :-/
I love my Mini but they are really badly made!
Any help on the water ingress and electrics fault would be greatly appreciated.
My R57 has recently developed a problem whereby the boot consistantly opens on its own.
I noticed that the car was steaming up and I could hear water swishing around inside the boot skin, I took off the interior panel and saw that the skin was FULL of water. I presumed this had happened as the boot had opened when we had a heavy snowfall and it melted into the skin. There is a small rubber plug at the bottom of the boot which I removed and drained the water, I unplugged the electrics to the boot stopping it opening on its own. After a few heavy rainfalls though it had filled back up, I have removed the plug at the bottom of the boot so water doesn't stay within the skin but now the boot only opens on the key!!!! One good thing, it doesn't open on its own anymore :-/
I love my Mini but they are really badly made!
Any help on the water ingress and electrics fault would be greatly appreciated.