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Old Feb 22, 2024 | 01:11 PM
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Default Re: Stuck trunk lid

Originally Posted by Sachin
It was totally swimming in water.

Sachin
Originally Posted by GraphiteGhost
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Also, you should get about 12 inches or so of an undamaged cable (with) pump because water leaches up the cable and that will ruin them shortly (if not already). Good luck!


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As George already told you, you now need a CLP/SSM and the last 2-3 feet of the wiring harness. I've personally fixed THREE cars with the exact same issue:
1) You can't recover a wet CLP/SSM, the damage is severe and exists even under teh SMD devices on the board.
2) You can't re-use or clean up the cable's connectors - corrosion has set in between the crimp pins and wire's conductors, both on the CLP/SSM side and the cable wiring side.

If you get a harness that is only the last 2-3 inches of wire, you will find the wire's conductors to be too badly corroded for even crimp splices to be reliable.

Also, use eBay as a last resort. I've found that many modules are for sale because they dont work. Try to buy parts from a known parts car among forum owners or one of our Facebook pages. There are a few British/EU pages on Facebook. Here is a guy who is very active in the community over there, he won't have parts but he seems to know everyone:

 

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