2000 Volkswagen Jetta Trunk opens by itself. Help!

DDCYR40

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2000 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
4 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
98,000 MILES

Hello, I have a 2000 Jetta GL 2.0 with 98000 miles. Today, when driving to work, the trunk lid light was on, so I stopped, go out and shut it. 30 seconds later, it opened itself. I got out and shut it. This happened 3 times over a few minutes. But then it stopped. I am unsure what is going on, this is the first time I have seen this happen. I am in Maine, and it is obviously quite cold right now-I don't think this would affect it. Any ideas on what is wrong. No, I'm not pushing the button by mistake on the remote or on the door. THANKS!

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SABIRAAJA

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Hi ddcyr40 Could you please let me know how this was resolved?
I am getting the exact problem in 2001 Jetta and the worst party is it drains the battery and cannot start the car next day with out jump

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 AT 6:44 PM

F4I_GUY

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You have to replace the trunk harness. The wires are shorting together.

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Thursday, November 17th, 2011 AT 11:47 PM

SABIRAAJA

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Thank You F41_guy.I can try that and will let you know the outcome

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Friday, November 18th, 2011 AT 3:33 AM

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No problem.

You can cut open the protective loom/tape along the harness (cut right where the trunk hinge is) You'll see about a 5-6" long piece of protective plastic, remove that first, then make your cut along there. That is typically where the harness breaks.

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Friday, November 18th, 2011 AT 11:47 PM