POWERSTROKE
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Can't open it with the key or remote. Help.
2002 golf trunk
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muzy
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Is there a release handle on the inside. Mine is a Jetta and there is a greenish handle on drivers side. This is what I used when the cable inside broke on mine.
POWERSTROKE
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No
muzy
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Hopefully a golf owner will chime in then. Good luck.
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Your gonna have to go in through the back seat , fold them down , remove the two screws in the handle and pop the inside trim off the rear hatch. Once you get that off you will see the locking mechanism and with some lube , lube it up and move it out of the way so you can unlock it. Not fun but doable……
Tdijarhead
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Not fun, you may even crack some plastic but that's how its done.
POWERSTROKE
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So I am getting back toon this now. I can hear the actuator moving. The handle has no tension as if it's pulling on anything when unlocked
Tdijarhead
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The actuator arm snaps on to a ball attached to the latch if I recall correctly. The actuator arm has probably come unsnapped from that ball.
POWERSTROKE
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Shouldn't I be able to open it with the key then?
on mine, the actuator moves an arm that rotates on a spring pin, that pin backs out and doesn't let the arm on the motor interact with the handle on the hatch
Push it back together with a pliers and its right as rain
to get it open, crawl into the back and rip the plastic off the hatch up near the window so you can jam an arm down in there, then blindly fumble with the latchy bits until you manage to get the hatch to open
then you can remove the plastic and see what you're doing once the hatch is open
Push it back together with a pliers and its right as rain
to get it open, crawl into the back and rip the plastic off the hatch up near the window so you can jam an arm down in there, then blindly fumble with the latchy bits until you manage to get the hatch to open
then you can remove the plastic and see what you're doing once the hatch is open
Tdijarhead
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You’re going to have to get that plastic panel off to see what’s going on with the lock mechanism. I’ve had to remove mine a couple of times because if a stuck or inoperable lock.
If you remove the two Phillips head screws that are located in the pull down handle then pop the plastic off at the window you should be able to get the plastic trim piece off or at least reach the lock mechanism so you can manipulate it manually and get the hatch open.
If you remove the two Phillips head screws that are located in the pull down handle then pop the plastic off at the window you should be able to get the plastic trim piece off or at least reach the lock mechanism so you can manipulate it manually and get the hatch open.