the latch gets damp (specifically if it s parked with driving rain blowing into the back of the car). Yesterday went to press the key to open the trunk and nothing 3 years of having my Mini I have never had this problem. Alarm will not sound, even if the rest of the car is locked and you open the trunk. Is there a way to reprogram the Neither key fob or trunk button will open trunk. hey guys, my trunk wont open from the inside of the car, its an 05 A4 pop the trunk with my keys and im lazy and the trunk button is broken or Also the lever on the inside of the car will not open it ether the only way to open the trunk is to use the key it self. it might be in electrical issue because when I click the button.Ĭar trunk wont open with key. My trunk wont open, locksmith failed so I drilled out the lock and it did the extra keys (which were valet keys ) those are what us USED car I have a 1999 Volkswagen Passat sedan. My trunk won t open with my original key (which I use to start the car) but it does so with a copy that was made. Plus, this "fix" will not cost you almost anything.Car trunk wont open with key - Had/have a similar problem.
I do realize this is a Mickey mouse solution, but it should get you thru the next 4 weeks or so before we know what VW wants to do with our cars. The two main reasons why the door latches stop working are failures of the microswitches or the servo motor, and I bet it will be one of these two parts that failed in your trunk latch.Īnyways, since you already decided to part company with the car, it would not make any fiscal sense to invest good money into fixing this issue, so I'd suggest you attach a piece of rope to the emergency trunk release lever, guide the rope thru the ski opening between the rear seats, and every time you need to open the trunk, just pull the rope. There will also be a couple of microswitches to tell the central computer whether the trunk is open or closed. Have you tried to climb into the trunk thru the rear seats and open the trunk with the emergency lever? If that works, you know that the mechanical portion of the latch is still working correctly, and the fault will be, in all likelihood, somewhere in the electrical part of the latch.Īlthough I don't know for sure what the trunk latch looks like on the inside, I am reasonably sure it will be designed in a similar way as the infamous door latches, which means there will be a servo motor actuated by the key fob or the door switch, which will move some type of plunger, which, in turn, will release the latch. Click to expand.If the trunk won't open with either the key fob or the door switch, it would be a strong indicator that there is something wrong with the trunk latch itself.