Volvo V70 Tailgate / Trunk Not Locking Free Fix. 

Your welcome and I really appreciate you sharing your location.

Thanks, I do enjoy making a free fix video!

A failed relay that’s a new one as it’s usually the tailgate wiring that fails. Well discovered.

@@TheRepairerI think that Thor, the god of Volvo, was with me on that occasion.

I’m wondering if the solenoid has seized. It would probably be available as a replacement part.

@@TheRepairer It is available. Thank you, much appreciated.

I haven’t unfortunately, These are my thoughts on addressing the issue in order of difficulty. Press the switch very hard and rotate the switch in circles up down sideways etc first to see if that makes the boot release work as it may clean the switch contacts. Then I would remove and test the switch with a multimeter if it comes out relatively easily before investigating the wiring. The wiring is a possibility as it’s the drivers door that gets the most use and it flexes every open and shut cycle of the door . I once had an old car (Vauxhall Carlton) that the central locking never worked from when I bought it and one day I locked the car with the key and the locking solonoid burst into life by fluke! This turned out to be a broken wire contained in the rubber sleeve between the drivers door and A post. I bridged the broken wire and had working central locking for the rest of my ownership of the vehicle. I hope you can repair it.

It has a locking tab to push in on the side next to the pink wire just push that tab in and pull the connector off. It doesn’t take much force to remove.

@@TheRepairer Great! Thanks!