Jetta boot pop....mod or not?!

[Jamminjim]

If any Jetta owners out there can help me. Had my car for about a year now and mabey ten out of a thousand times my boot has completly opened when I've held down the boot release button on my keys.....so the question is are my struts just knackered or was I just lucky these few times?!

Would like to find out an upgraded strut Mabey to replace mine so this ain't just a luck thing 

[torque777]

We also have a jetta and it does the same ...it opens more often on hot days from remote ...I also found it was slow opening at the top and I used to push it to fully opened till I heard a pop and I'd snapped s end off one gas strut ..I bought a genuine one from tps £30 and popped it on ..boot opens more on remote now so if I'd changed both I recon it would pop on remote every time just couldn't justify buying two lol

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[Jamminjim]

Seems like it was ment to open this then....not sure I can justify sixty quid on two new struts tho (i won't force them either by the sounds of it!)

Might try a bit of lubrication and see how that goes!

Cheers for the reply 

[torque777]

No problem ..looks good when it does pop open ..try making sure the seal isn't sticking to boot either

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[Stanipkiss]

Just seen this guys.

This is worth knowing coz mine just opens a jar and I have to lift it open, not even in hot weather.
Everyone I know with a Passat get this full on boot opening with the key.

[torque777]

If I open it then close it then press remote it flys open even faster

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[fingerling]

so do we need struts from a passat?

[torque777]

I just fitted a new jetta one ..wish I had fitted two

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