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Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 1:38 am
by mark758
I know this was only a £30 option but apparently I have it..... can't track down actually what it is though

- can anyone help please?
RE: Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:05 am
by yorkie
Do you have a button with a picture of a car with an open boot on your key fob?
RE: Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:17 am
by Phil3103
I do have this too! But when I press it it does nothing! Yorkie, please can you shed some light?
RE: Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:21 am
by yorkie
Press and hold button and bootlid should pop open. Only seems to work if you have already pressed the door unlock button twice to unlock all doors.
RE: Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:29 am
by djt
Press unlock twice within 5 seconds, then hold the boot button until it opens.
RE: Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:33 am
by Phil3103
Ah top! That'll be handy when I've got my hands full of shopping on the way back from the supermarket in the winter and don't want to put it all down in a puddle while I manually open the bootlid!
RE: Auto opening boot lid
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:24 am
by Iain_S4
There should also be a boot release button tucked away at the back of the door pocket. Handy when you are getting out of the car to go and take something out of the boot.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:36 am
by sumdy
With the car fully locked, all i need to do is press and hold the boot lid button on the remote to open it,close it and its locked again.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 11:58 am
by GlynRS2
Same here - car can be fully locked, but if I press and hold the centre button the boot opens automatically. Without setting off or need to re-set the alarm. A very handy feature which I use all the time.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 2:14 pm
by karl
Unlike some A4's, the boot on mine only unlocks, it doesn't automatically fully open. Should it or was this an option?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:14 pm
by pippyrips
It's an option though for 50k it should have been a given. It's great when you have your hands full of kit.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:27 pm
by Terry1948
just remember to keep your keys in your hand when you chuck the shopping in otherwise you can lock yourself out!! I learnt the hard way.
Had to call my wife to bring me the spare set of keys.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:40 pm
by HYFR
are some of you talking about the boot fully opening all by itself, or jus unlocking and "popping" up slightly?
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:53 pm
by APM
it just pops slightly.
Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:22 pm
by pippyrips
Not so - the default is to pop slightly, the extra option fully opens the boot lid without having to lift in anyway.