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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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lately my trunk wont open from the inside latch, in order for my to open my trunk i would turn off the car(if its on and i need something from the trunk) and use my key to open it from the outside... im wondering what could be the problem?
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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mines the same way. I found out the hard way

was bout to leave ECSC I opened my trunk put all my free stuff in and locked my keys in ugh right. Wait! it was really hot that day I cracked my window I got these really long pliers from the parking lot stand guy and manage to stick them through the crack and flip open the lock.

At this time my alarm going crazy and people are watching me break into this car ahhaah awkward. I was so excited woot! I pulled the latch and nothing .... Had to get mom to bring me my spare key.

So would really like to know how to fix this problem also
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 08:49 PM
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The same thing happened to me too. i locked my keys in with no spare. what i had to do was, jimmy the lock to get in, go to the back where the sub woofer is and un blot it and with a hanger fish for the key off of that little hole. took me just about.......2 days if theres any way please tell me
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by KrazeMatik
lately my trunk wont open from the inside latch, in order for my to open my trunk i would turn off the car(if its on and i need something from the trunk) and use my key to open it from the outside... im wondering what could be the problem?
you sure you dont have the trunk switch on lock?
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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+1 Check it out
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by lexusB3
you sure you dont have the trunk switch on lock?
please let this be the problem! where can i find this at?
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Old Dec 16, 2009 | 10:31 PM
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Left side of your kick-panel. In between ur trunk and gas cap buttons, there a key hole. You can lock you trunk this way from the inside, which only allows the key to enter into the trunk.
Its supposed to be a security feature, but I almost replaced my whole trunk regulator before I realized this all it was was this.. haha
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Old Dec 17, 2009 | 01:07 PM
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mine's the opposite. sometimes, i have a hard time getting it to close.
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Old Dec 17, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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mine doesnt open with the trunk switch too. i have to use my key to open it. i did it that way.
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Old Dec 17, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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valet key....?
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 12:32 AM
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same. trunk doesnt unlock.. and my shocks are blown.. well i dont even have a shock for the trunk so it doesnt even pop to begin with..
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 06:29 AM
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i posted about the same thing last night, my problem is, the lock inside is locked, and all i have is the valet key, it there a way to trick the latch to always unlocked?
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Old Dec 18, 2009 | 09:25 AM
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^prolly going to have to get keys made.. which i need to do. to bad it costs like $300 bucks
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 04:01 AM
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ok we all know about the valet lock but if your alarm is tripped that trunk will not open with the trunk release in the inside. any way around this?
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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In order to Fix the Alarm - Put key in door handle - lock door manually (not by remote) let sit for a moment and unlock 2 times w/ key manually - normall gets it all back to normal.

But,...please tell me you checked the Valet
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