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Hi Ian.... Thanks for your response and thanks to all those that have replied to my plea for help. In desperation I went to my local Jag main dealer ( Hatfields on Sefton St Liverpool). They said they could get into the boot without causing damage, but couldn't book me in until Friday. But give them credit they referred me to a small jag specialist garage in north Liverpool. I went straight there. They were really helpful. left the car with them for an hour while I scoffed a fry up in a local cafe. They got on by dismantling the rear seats somehow. They traced the fault to a broken wire in the harness where it leaves the body and enters the boot lid (it's covered by plastic corrugated flexible tube). Job done £40 Mini crisis over. Lol Once again thanks to all....... Regards Steve

Hi Ken........ No problem and no hard feelings...... It's just that I find it so frustrating that Jaguar x types have this ridiculous design. To get into a locked boot when the electric lock release is faulty you have to drop the rear seats like in other cars. BUT the problem is that the seat release levers are in the !Removed! boot. I have been advised by others that the only way In is to break out the rear light cluster and release the rear seat. SURELY there is a better way than that. Jaguar can't have been that stupid...... Or could they. I'm going to the jag main dealer tomorrow to see if they can help me.

Hi Peter... Thanks for your reply...... The set up on the x type is different from the S type in that there is no keyhole anywhere on the boot lid. I have confirmed this with other owners. Ken this is not something as inane as a panic moment over a jammed bootlid caused by a bag of shopping. I cannot get into the boot for the spare or tools or the shopping. I was hoping to get consuctive help from members who have experience with this model. I have checked on the net, one suggestion is to break in via the rear light cluster and unlock the rear seats, then renew the light cluster. I was hoping for a less destructive method. ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED

Hi everyone..... I am new to the site and need some help. I have owned my x type for a few weeks now and it's great, BUT I have just got home from the supermarket and the boot won't open. When I press the fob or the boot lid button I can hear the mechanism working faintly but it just won't open the boot. I cannot get in via the back seats..... Please can anyone help. The boot is full of food and I'm at my wits end trying to get it open. Thanks Steve