Electric Boot Closing Stopped Working

[Timster]

The electric boot closing mechanism on my W124 estate stopped working yesterday. Would anyone be able to shed any light on why this may be?

It's not a fuse!

I'm still able to close the boot manually, just missing the satisfaction of the wee motor doing it for me!

Cheers.

Tim

 

[mattc]

Chances are its never been lubricated since new...and the motor has probably seized. the one on the last estate did not work; current one does.

Would be interested to know where to lubricate it myself before it does throw a wobbly!

Hope its a simple fix at the end of the day.

 

[Timster]

Cheers, I'll let you know what happens, attacked it with a can of WD40 the other day, to no avail!

 

[SilverSaloon]

mine is currently making a different sound than it usually does.... like if it needs lubricating. i sprayed some WD40 into mine aswell at the weekend for the 1st time in a year. made a minor difference.

may be best to remove it from the car and clean it up - but i dont know if this is possible but probably something i will look into soon aswell before mine breaks completeley!