2007 Pluriel boot (screen) won't open

Hi, I am new to this forum and have a very frustrating problem. Recently out of the blue the rear screen won't open. The central locking power noise is going through to the switch, when pressing the switch it will only open a few mms and then has to be pushed down again. I do not want to forcefully open it. I have spent many hours in researching this issue and the only posts I have read is that the roof and boot are related, this is strange because my roof opens all the way to the back boot. If you guys can give me a definitive answer it would be much appreciated. I want to avoid the stealership as much as possible!

Looking forward to your replies! Must be a common problem for pluplu owners!

Thanks!

charly01 wrote:Hi, I am new to this forum and have a very frustrating problem. Recently out of the blue the rear screen won't open. The central locking power noise is going through to the switch, when pressing the switch it will only open a few mms and then has to be pushed down again. I do not want to forcefully open it. I have spent many hours in researching this issue and the only posts I have read is that the roof and boot are related, this is strange because my roof opens all the way to the back boot. If you guys can give me a definitive answer it would be much appreciated. I want to avoid the stealership as much as possible!

Looking forward to your replies! Must be a common problem for pluplu owners!

Thanks!

Hello charly01

You should check the roof parts are not damaged or broken because as you say the roof and the rear window are connected.

If the roof is not operating absolutely correctly then you may be stopping the boot from opening. Look for alignment, damage and 'witness marks' of damage done by misaligned or worn parts.

Can you determine the reason the rear screen won't open fully? Is it jammed at one side or is it catching on something?

I don't think there are many cheap fixes to the pluriel roof

Hi C3CAR,

Thank you for getting back to me. The roof does seem to be closed properly I believe so. It makes the locking click as it closes which it has always done so I'm guessing it's alignment is correct? I haven't tried the roof this evening as I am scared it won't close after I have opened it. Hopefully it will work ok, will try it when I don't need to use the car all day.

I fully cleaned the car yesterday and for some random reason the boot did actually open. However, after driving the car today it once again doesn't open. It seems to be jammed in the middle under the button? I don't know if this is possible, when I had a look at it yesterday, the locks seem to be on each side. I really am no expert as you can tell. Yesterday when it did open I greased the locks to ease them a bit. I really don't know what's going on.

Thanks!

Can any c3 gurus help me?