sorry if this has been put up before, but i cant open my boot, centrol locking button on key does nothing, put key in lock that doesnt even turn, taking rear seats out and theres a metal panel in the way, managed to make a inspection panel with abit of brute force, now im stuck im thinking of angel grinding it off, is there any other way to get it open or am i stuck, if you need pics let me know as im unsure how to put them on atm

 

haha. boot. youre not from america are you? im not understanding how theres a metal plate in the way of dropping the rear seats. but the same things happened to my "boot". i dropped the seats, and took apart the locking mechanism from the inside. got it to pop the trunk and took it apart. i just messed around with it and it has worked since

 

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thats what is in my way, and theres no way in hell im fitting thru there haha,
no im not dude, im from the uk, i found more info on this site rather than uk ones, il try remember to use the right words. i have found a few ways to get in but grinding the boot still seems the easyest way

 

Wow, I've heard of the rear seats folding down being an option but had never seen that set up before. It was my understanding that that option was standard on the UK A4s. Was that car imported from somewhere else?

I think your best bet would be to take it to a locksmith and get the trunk lock fixed.

The other option...there should be a safety release inside the trunk in case someone gets locked inside. Use a flashlight and see if you can locate this release, then use a bent wire to grab the release and pop it open.

Good luck, and no need to call it a trunk if you're used to calling it a boot, the internet is international and we all speak/type a little differently. We know what you mean.

 

wow. never seen the trunk blocked off like that, or an audi with manual window for that matter. things must be much different across the pond

 

You can get them over here as basic cars. Nothing fancy, manual windows, cloth interior, no cruise, no AC. My old BMW 530 had cloth and manual windows, the wifes 520 only has power front windows cloth and no cruise.

 

ye proberly cos its only a 150 sport not the quattro, and the cloth interior is now gone, but it does have ac just no cruise control, right im guna get one of my mates to get in as much as he can ( cos hes short ) and i will update in how this goes

 

cut more of that **** out and crawl in there

 

if i cut two much out it could weaken the rear seats as its fixed and leans on it

 

fixed guys needed wd40 in the lock its self and abit of fiddling