Rear deck

[bellamy]

Ok this may be a stupid question and have an oh duh answer but here goes. My rear deck won't close or at least stay closed. I seems to go all the way down but does not seem to catch to stay closed. It all looks as if it should work but....
Any ideas?

[924CarreraGTP]

The latch receiver on the car is broken and it allows the latch on the bottom side of the deck lid to slip up and out of the receiver. Maybe these are available somewhere now. 928intl.com had them years ago brand new for $100 or so, but now I'm not sure.
The problem is the jelly like silicone fitting inside the receiver latch breaks into pieces and falls out. It's causes the latch not to fit tightly and therefore the latch won't stay in. I'm going to say about 85% of 928s have this problem or have had this problem at one time. Every nonrunning 928 I've ever seen has this problem.

[Maleficio]

There are rubber stops on the corners of your lid, they may be run out too far, run them in (twist like a screw) all the way, see what happens.

[paris]

You can buy just the broken jelly part that is broken off Ebay it is about 20 bucks. It fixed my shark. thanks, Steve

[tychain99]

i have a few receivers, male and female ends, hopefully it is not the male end because than you run into having key trouble, but if it is not that rubber part they are talking about. let me know if you need any of those parts

[robucop]

Temp fix: Putting a couple of washers under the two top corners of the latch plate so it tilted the latch a bit fixed this issue for me.

[bellamy]

Tried the washer trick already....to no avail. Not really sure what piece thats could be broken as both the latch and receiver look to be intacted. I did find replacements for both at 100 and 150. I would just hate to speand that because I'm to dim witted to figure this out.

[AirtekHVAC]

not the rubber insert? that was bad on mine, and all the deteriorated pieces were in the bottom of the receiver.

[vandenham]

My hatch kept popping up and I noticed that the gap at the top of the hatch was quite wide. I adjusted the hinges at the top of the hatch and moved the hatch forward a small amount and the hatch has not popped open since. It is nice to have a smaller gap between the top of the hatch and the body also.

I also tried the washer trick and it helped a bit, but did not fix the problem.

Rick

[lfausty]

gotto keep trying the metal plates top and bottom just a tiny bit at a time the plates move just enough for the white plastic /hook not to catch, unfortunately as it gradually stops catching from being off the plastic wears at the same time from it hitting wrong to many times.

the spring on the mech, if all cleaned out of gunk/junk. might also be able to spring up that little bit more and catch.

sometimes the plates can be too tight too, as what there bolted to , the padding gets depressed and if you loosen a tiny bit , gotto keep trying for that just right spot.

even if you buy new its all a matter of align just right, knowing if you have broken,missing,worn parts is only something youd know if you tried everything still doesnt close.

clean lube everything so youll get the most moving tolerances you can get.

it was terrible terribly tricky getting latch to work, its good havent seen mine in yrs and ill open/close it dozen times a week.

[lfausty]

oops is it a 928 your asking about or 944. tell me mine eyes are good and its 928 heading above and not 924/944/968. lol


as thankful as you are posting your issues/resolves , your getting answers from 928 forum, thats working for you?
maybe add your 928/yr/model or pic to sig.

haha ok i just looked up to clear my eyes and tlc tv story is a girl with two heads on one body, i know im good now.

[paris]

BUY the jelled rubber insert for the female part of the lock this will fix your problem, had the same problem as all of you guys, dont waist you time with washers etc.

[hands-on]

If the plastic latch is worn then the receiver insert will not work. You will need to replace the latch and pin.

[Danglerb]

New receiver insert fixed mine. I would not mess with the hinges etc.

[924CarreraGTP]

I said above that it was probably the jelly fitting inside the receiver. Most of the time the male latch part is okay. My car for instance broke the jelly fitting when I had to manually open the rear with no key. It was right after I bought the car. After the fitting was put back in, the latch worked like new. Both of my cars just needed the jelly fitting, but I couldn't find the jelly fitting without having to buy the whole $100 receiver. I've bought too many worn out and broken parts from Ebay to go that route. You can inspect the part in the picture above and see if it's rounded off or broken, but it is usally the jelly part. What happens is the jelly part keeps the male latch firmly into the receiver without it being able to be pulled up with pressure on the sides of the deck lid. You know that in order to lift the rear deck lid at this time, it either just pops up when you lift the side, or it pops up on it's own. The jelly fitting will keep the side to side motion out of the receiver and therefore it stays locked. Anyone can break into the rear deck of a 928 with enough upward force on the deck lid. It just breaks the jelly fitting when you do and that costs $100.

[Landseer]

Most of the time the male part has a crack due to poor design.
I've seen 8 of them cracked. They work for a while, but its usually a combination of things that need fixing.
Have replaced a few with an entire original part with key lock, then just put that key on my key rings rather than rekey.
The non alarm version is affordable.

The jelly part can be replaced with an aftermarket part molded from plastic that is superior.
I've got a couple of these installed if you need a picture.

The plastic catch sometimes wears too. Old cars.

Talk to Roger

[Sapientoni]

check that the latch is parking the correct spot with an automatic opening hatch.

[gmendo]

post pics of both parts of the latch

[hands-on]

You can try using a small piece of cardboard on the back of the receiver if that helps hold the latch closed then the insert should work. It didn't work for me.

I changed the latch and now it closes well, without the plastic insert.

[Danglerb]

Originally Posted by hands-on

You can try using a small piece of cardboard on the back of the receiver if that helps hold the latch closed then the insert should work. It didn't work for me.

I changed the latch and now it closes well, without the plastic insert.

Long term isn't that going to wear on something?

Without the liner to make a tight fit I would think it might be possible to pop open the hatch without a key, bump on the road, etc.