Boot Lock

[Cluckers]

Hiya. We’ve just bought an MGS5 trophy and the boot will only lock properly it the car is on, as in with a door open or something. If the car is off, like we’ve just pulled up to the house and every gets out, we empty the boot, press the boot close and it shuts but doesn’t lock so it says the boot is open on the screen. Any ideas? The second key is kept away and we’ve tried it with the key near and far away and it’s the same. The boot just doesn’t lock all the time?

 

[Alb]

Certainly not normal behaviour.
Can't be a physical obstruction because that would affect it all the time.
What happens when you just open & close the boot when the rest of the car is locked?

 

[Warden]

Hiya. We’ve just bought an MGS5 trophy and the boot will only lock properly it the car is on, as in with a door open or something. If the car is off, like we’ve just pulled up to the house and every gets out, we empty the boot, press the boot close and it shuts but doesn’t lock so it says the boot is open on the screen. Any ideas? The second key is kept away and we’ve tried it with the key near and far away and it’s the same. The boot just doesn’t lock all the time?

Does it beep at you when you lock the car? The tailgate is only locked when the car is locked. If you have the keys on you the tailgate will always open via the button or the foot waving thing,

 

[Cluckers]

Thanks all for replying. Apparently it’s just an MG thing! As long as the whole car is unlocked first before closing the boot then the boot will lock. If the car is locked and we just open the boot on its own, it won’t lock when we close it. Just something to get used to!

 

[TimothyN]

Thank you for discovering that, it's weird and I would never have guessed.

 

[Alb]

If the car is locked and we just open the boot on its own, it won’t lock when we close it. Just something to get used to!

That is a fault.
It certainly should lock under those circumstances.

 

[tsedge]

Be sure to check this without the keys in your pocket. People complained that the MG4 boot never locked until they realised the presence of the key in their pocket meant it was always unlocking when they tried to open it.