Tailgate sound

[Catfish]

When opening a polo tailgate, there's sometimes a brief - under 2 second - loud whirring noise that sounds like an electric motor resetting a spring. This comes from inside the tailgate, and definitely isn't the fuel pump priming as when the driver's door is opened. Any clues?

[Piotr]

Might be the lock unlocking?

[mikepologti]

yeah mine does it too, i think its the lock resetting.

[leasaunce]

^locking mechanism

[RhysQ]

Might be the lock unlocking?

^locking mechanism

yep, when you pull up on the boot handle, there is a motor in the locking mechanism that releases the catch. i have been told by someone else that it is a motor that pumps a bit of air through the seals to release any suction.

[leasaunce]

sounds pretty damn cool id say!!

same thing with my friend's HSV Astra.

[Roodosutaa]

Whatever happened to good ol' fashioned mechanical linkage? This first time I opened the boot I thought "what the hell? This isn't a lever it's a switch!"

Blow a fuse and you'll have to open the boot from the inside, my MY08 doesn't even get a keyhole - is this a model year thing cos I've seen Polos with a keyhole in the hatch handle?

I suppose it does make it marginally more tamper-proof...

[572]

Blow a fuse and you'll have to open the boot from the inside, my MY08 doesn't even get a keyhole - is this a model year thing cos I've seen Polos with a keyhole in the hatch handle?

Yep, my '08 doesn't have one either.

[Catfish]

So who's got an outside key lock in the tailgate and who hasn't? And can someone who hasn't tell what it says in their owners manual about opening the tailgate if the remote's lost or the battery's flat?

[Spec83]

All 9N3's are switch type... I believe 9N earlier had the key