Trunk won't open!

jamoroso9 · 01-30-2007, 07:51 PM

THE OTHER DAY I WAS UNABLE TO POP THE TRUNK ON MY SI, SO I PULLED THE LEVER. IT OPENNED ONCE AND NOW IT WON'T OPEN EITHER WAY. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

udumkid · 01-30-2007, 08:24 PM

cable might have gotten riped,lost its tension, or even gotten lose of trunk hinge or lever.

NeverBuyAJetta · 01-31-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jamoroso9

THE OTHER DAY I WAS UNABLE TO POP THE TRUNK ON MY SI, SO I PULLED THE LEVER. IT OPENNED ONCE AND NOW IT WON'T OPEN EITHER WAY. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

I had this problem TWICE.

First time I brought it in, and they fixed it. I noticed that when I pulled the internal lever it was MUCH tighter before, leading me to believe that instead of replacing the cable, they just cut off the bad part and shortened it up to fix it.

It happened a second time, and they apologized because they had missed the fact that part of the unit itself was cutting into the cable, and over time it had actually severed the cable causing it to not work.

This also made me realize that it would be nice if you could fold down the back seats without having to access them from the trunk.

Anyway, just make sure they replace the whole unit...or ask them to check the unit to make sure that it wont happen for a second time.

jamoroso9 · 01-31-2007, 08:30 PM

thanks for the info another guy on here said that you can get to the lever from the passenger side anchor cover, but i couldn't find it, so i'll take it to the dealer tommorow.

belen · 02-24-2007, 07:44 PM

I couldn't find the cable either-2nd time to the dealer for the same problem. Does anyone know how to find the cable?

frotrk · 02-25-2007, 04:22 PM

on the civic the rear passenger side car seat anchor open it and you can see the cable for the seat release. pop it and you can get into the trunk
Clark

arisenfury · 02-25-2007, 04:28 PM

Well opening the back seats from the inside of the car would defeat the purpose of locking out your trunk. Most car thieves arn't going to bother trying to pick your trunk lock, they'll smash you're window and take what's in there. Having not being openable from the inside keeps them from getting into your trunk.

Also my trunk had this problem as well, except reverse, it wouldn't close. There's a spring the moves the small black latch that hooks onto the thing in your bumper. Once it falls out it won't be able to latch it or unlatch it. Sounds like maybe it fell off while the trunk was still closed? It was just a simple matter of pulling off the black shroud on the closing mechanism and putting the spring back for me.

Eltrentz · 02-25-2007, 04:35 PM

ooooo boy yeah this happened to me, the latch was bad, the cable broke, and the buttons to fold the seats are inside the trunk, YAY for smartness, they had to take off my rear deck panel to get into the trunk and they scratched my tint which i just found out yesterday, the trunk got messed up like 2 months ago, they fixed the trunk but im pissed about the tint

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jamoroso9 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bel Air, MD Age: 34 Posts: 16 Jeff iTrader: 0 / 0%	Trunk won't open! THE OTHER DAY I WAS UNABLE TO POP THE TRUNK ON MY SI, SO I PULLED THE LEVER. IT OPENNED ONCE AND NOW IT WON'T OPEN EITHER WAY. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED

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udumkid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 13.5@102mph N/A untuned Age: 88 Posts: 4,154 Rene.... iTrader: 8 / 100%	cable might have gotten riped,lost its tension, or even gotten lose of trunk hinge or lever.

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jamoroso9 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bel Air, MD Age: 34 Posts: 16 Jeff iTrader: 0 / 0%	thanks for the info another guy on here said that you can get to the lever from the passenger side anchor cover, but i couldn't find it, so i'll take it to the dealer tommorow.

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belen Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I couldn't find the cable either-2nd time to the dealer for the same problem. Does anyone know how to find the cable?

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frotrk Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 16 iTrader: 0 / 0%	on the civic the rear passenger side car seat anchor open it and you can see the cable for the seat release. pop it and you can get into the trunk Clark

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arisenfury Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Central CT Age: 21 Posts: 1,985 Nikon & dSLR squad #6 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Well opening the back seats from the inside of the car would defeat the purpose of locking out your trunk. Most car thieves arn't going to bother trying to pick your trunk lock, they'll smash you're window and take what's in there. Having not being openable from the inside keeps them from getting into your trunk. Also my trunk had this problem as well, except reverse, it wouldn't close. There's a spring the moves the small black latch that hooks onto the thing in your bumper. Once it falls out it won't be able to latch it or unlatch it. Sounds like maybe it fell off while the trunk was still closed? It was just a simple matter of pulling off the black shroud on the closing mechanism and putting the spring back for me.

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Eltrentz Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lyndhurst, New Jersey Age: 20 Posts: 481 Lou iTrader: 1 / 100%	ooooo boy yeah this happened to me, the latch was bad, the cable broke, and the buttons to fold the seats are inside the trunk, YAY for smartness, they had to take off my rear deck panel to get into the trunk and they scratched my tint which i just found out yesterday, the trunk got messed up like 2 months ago, they fixed the trunk but im pissed about the tint