more than one way to open 207 CC boot?

[gwest]

My 2007 Peugeot 207 CC came without an owners manual- mind you it also came without an engine that worked. I have subsequently downloaded a pdf copy but it's not the sort of thing you casually browse through like a book. But recently I came across a description of a second way of opening the boot that did not involve the button on the remote- see below

scan of 207 CC owners handbook

I have tried putting the key in the ignition and pressing the lock button to no avail. Eventually the alarm gets upset. I also tried opening the door without effect.
When I think about it you probably would not want the boot to open when you got out of the vehicle with the key still in the ignition (and switched off)?
I'm puzzled.

[GiveMeABreak]

I hope you’re not expecting the boot to physically open. That’s just like most PSA vehicles in that pressing the button on the dash just unlocks the vehicle, but doesn’t open it.

[Paul-R]

Pressing the centre button of the fob for 2s will unlock the tailgate/boot on some PSA vehicles. Our X7 Tourer has this for instance. But I believe that the saloon does not. Our 308 SW doesn't. Check your key fob*, if the pictogram shows the boot opening then that's the giveaway. On our 308 the centre button puts the headlamp dipped beam on and the pictogram shows this.

What I don't know for the CC models is whether operating the fob button will actually operate the opening motor of the roof.

*Only if it's the original fob of course. If it's a replacement it might be incorrect.

[xantia_v6]

Note the use of the terms "unlocking" and "opening" in the instructions above. Unlocking allows the boot lid to be opened using the button on the boot.

[wheeler]

Unless the button on the remote actually opens up the bootlid for you then its one of the most pointless 'features' on a car. I cant think of any advantage of having a button that just unlatches the boot, why not just press the car unlock button? You still need to manually lift the boot anyway. It's probably the biggest cause of people locking their keys inside the car too as when you use these buttons the rest of the car remains locked so when you sit the keys down along with your shopping & close the boot down your keys are locked in there too.

[Paul-R]

It's probably the biggest cause of people locking their keys inside the car too as when you use these buttons the rest of the car remains locked so when you sit the keys down along with your shopping & close the boot down your keys are locked in there too.

That's not the case with my X7 Tourer. A long press on the fob button unlocks all the car as well as the tailgate. I'm pretty sure it was the same on our old Xsara as well.

[wheeler]

It was a generic observation for all makes & models with this feature, Couldn't say about the X7 as mines never had the feature. The mk2 Xsara however was like this, there was actually a warning label on the back of the rear seats next to the knobs to lock the rear seats so they couldn't be folded down from the inside, the warning label was telling you not to leave your keys in there as the could get locked in. On my Xsara I actually put a little piece of paper under the button membrane in the keyfob to effectively disable this.

[gwest]

Convertibles that need the boot to remain locked when the car is left with the roof open probably have a different security strategy to normal cars. I think this is the reason why in my MGF that the bonnet opening latch was in the boot and the boot could only be opened with a key. Where it gets confusing for me with the 207 CC is that the strategy appears to depend upon whether the car is in the cabriolet configuration or not. Also, on mine there is no boot latch as such. There is a rubber grommet in the appropriate area but no feel of anything tangible behind it. And certainly nothing that results in opening of the boot. Pressing the middle boot button on the remote results in "unlocking and partial opening of the boot". What I found comforting in the manual (p.76) was: .."if you inadvertently leave the key in the boot, press the manual centralised control A immediately to unlock the boot and retrieve the key." I tried this (without putting my keys in the boot!) and it worked. Mind you, you would not have wanted to have locked the car doors prior to this?