2010 Forester XS Boot hatch not opening.

[Rollercoaster]

Well I havent researched this, yet, and I will,

but its a bit urgent right now so I'm turning to the crew here, hopefully, for quick answers. 

Its an electronic release and its not either releasing or unlocking, or both, I dont know. Could be a fuse I suppose or something simple, its fully loaded, and with kids on the way to the Grandparents.. I have tried obvious solutions, I hope I dont have to unload it all in the rain now and take the panel off the inside or something.. there doesnt seem to be an obvious mechanical bypass to the electric release.

[Rollercoaster]

Worth adding, its a "keyless" car!

Also that when I press the electric trigger button by the number plate lights, there is no sound, there used to be. No sound of it unlocking either from the remote, when there used to be.

[Rollercoaster]

"Just Answer" has this:

There is no fuse for that trunk latch. Its a ground based circuit, so when you hit the switch, it closes and sends a ground signal back to the body computer. When the body computer sees this ground signal it sends power to the motor for the trunk latch so it can release. In this case your first step would be to use an electrical tool to test to see if the black wire at the connector for the trunk latch has a good ground.

If the ground is fine you can try to bypass the wiring at the connector to see if the latch and computer are computer, Just take a bit of wire or a paper clip and jump the yellow blue to the black wire. When the computer sees that then it should send power to the latch on the green/orange wire which you can test for or just see if you hear the latch click. If it does then that confirm that the issue is the latch itself.

[Rollercoaster]

Found this useful tip:

https://www.geojohn.org/DIYourself/SubaruRearGate.html

I still cant open my back door to get started on any repairs though.

Found a small plastic square inside on the panel, removed it, messed about with a moving bit inside the door behind the panel, no joy yet, unhappy not knowing and maybe damaging.

[Rollercoaster]

Heres a good youtube video, short and to the point, on changing the microswitch.

Its cheap enough and available next day delivery from eBay. If I can get it out by prising it from the outside maybe I can short the wires and the hatch will open. Surely not.. cant be that easy to break into the car. Ah well maybe only if its unlocked it might work.

[Rollercoaster]

OK I have found, hopefully, a tip on opening the hatch from inside. It is through the square hole, and yes I was doing it very wrong, I will try this way to see if it works on mine. The car in this video appears more similar to my car, and sadly more complex to replace the switch loom.

But probably just as easy to short the wires creating temporary access!

 

[Rollercoaster]

That last video is longer because the loom includes the number plate lights and its a lot harder to get to replace it.

But the very beginning does show clearly the way to open up the hatch from the inside.