Hey guys!
I am writing to you from Hungary!
R53 2005 car
Sorry if my English is bad!!
Somebody help me!
Yesterday the trunk door began to open and close constantly ticking, the key was in it but there was no ignition!
I slammed the trunk and tried in vain to open the key will not open! Sometime it opens by itself!
All doors and the fuel cap is normally not open your trunk!
I can only open a latch located under the rear seat!
What happened, somebody help me!
thank you very much!

 

While you pull the emergency open latch handle under the seat, have someone try to lift up or jiggle the trunk. Sometimes they stick a little.

Here is the diagram for the trunk:



#12 is the grip handle that you pull up on and has the little rubber / button that you press to enact the power latch. I would check to see if water got into the handle. Its a common problem that can corrode and make the rear lock open and close.

See here for the rear grip handle:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...t-housing.html


#29 & #30 are the handle and cable for the emergency which is under the rear seats.

#8 is the lock itself.

Trunk Lid Lock

http://www.ecstuning.com/Search/51242754528/ES91986/



Either the lock is jammed or bad. Its located under #2 in the diagram below.

If those do not work you will have to get to the lock itself.

#2 in diagram




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Page #27 shows the manual release under the rear seat.

Click Here for Owner's Manual 2003 MINI Cooper


Thanks and let us know how it goes.

 

Install a new battery.. MINI's do crazy things when the battery gets old.

 

Bet ecs got it RIGHT...
Bet the electric switch that is part of the boot handle has failed...it is under the rubber cover you squeeze to open it... Often the rubber cracks, tears, etc. Or water drips in from behind it (when the foam gasket behind the part fails) and the switch gets wet.

 

Thanks for the quick help!
I'll choke and rusty look to it?
The micro switch under the rubber do you think?

 

I see, and what to do to work again the opening and closing?
Compressed air?
Hair Dryer?
I take off the four screws and dry?

 

Do you think the battery or battery in the key?

 

The battery in the car. My mini was doing very similar things to yours. I changed the battery. Problems solved.

 

Thank you for trying out!

 

[QUOTE=elam;3859135]Hey guys!
I am writing to you from Hungary!
R53 2005 car
Sorry if my English is bad!!
Somebody help me!
Yesterday the trunk door began to open and close constantly ticking, the key was in it but there was no ignition!
I slammed the trunk and tried in vain to open the key will not open! Sometime it opens by itself!
All doors and the fuel cap is normally not open your trunk!
I can only open a latch located under the rear seat!
What happened, somebody help me!
thank you very much!

I wonder if it happened after washing the car or rain, mine was doing the same thing a while back, I changed the gasket cleaned the connectors and problem fixed.

also as weird as it sounds when I was too lazy to pull the cable I just turned on the parking lights and the boot opened right up LOL I couldn't make this up.

Read this and THANK DixsonL2 for it. very helpful
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...elf-fixed.html

 

[QUOTE=minibx;3859224]Thank you very much!

It was very useful for writing and the link!
Great, I'll do it in the days when you could write it all!
Thank you for your assistance other EVERYONE!!

 

One more thing!
After washing done very well for several days it rains and high humidity, too!
Thank you again for the help

 

So I think that's your problem, water it's getting in. Good luck and keep us updated

 

Succeeded and it works!

I took it apart and cleaned, dried it!
Thank you everyone for your help!

 

I'm glad that it worked. Good luck