Ah OK, think I'm getting warmer. I thought were talking about some square plastic, insert flap, that prized open.Sort of like a tow bar flap you prise off, open.
Attach photo of rear of car. What you mean, is the boot handle, see red arrow on photo, under the read arrow, where the Honda logo is?
Before I posted on the forum I did look at my Haynes Jazz workshop manual 11:17. Under the tailgate section, talks about lock motor wiring plugs, lock switch wiring plug.
As I mentioned, having to gradually increase the force needed to shut the boot. I thought I might have dislodged one of these plugs. To check on this seems quite involved, time consuming, perhaps having to remove seats so can get to trim on tailgate inside of the car, removing trim etc. I didn't want to do that as might be quite involved and time consuming, only to find no plugs had come loose.
So to remedy the problem it is to do as you say? I know from my Beetle days and being a member of the local Beetle club, and the Beetle Haynes manual, there can be several variants. If I follow the Jazz Haynes manual I have, Honda Jazz 2002-2008, Haynes manual number 4735. Am I going to be OK following the manual to remove interior trim etc or am I going to find some surprises in the layout in the manual, compared to the actual inside of the car?
Cheers for the help much appreciated
Peter.