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08-24-2018, 08:40 PM | #1 |
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Trunk Won't Open
I can't get the trunk open on my '16 BRZ. I've tried everything. It's not just hte keyless lock-out - I've tried the button on both key fobs, and the trunk open button on the dash. When I try to open the trunk, a small red light flashes on the key fob. Have any of you had this happen? Thoughts on how to fix it?
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08-24-2018, 08:45 PM | #2 |
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Wait didja try the button on the left side of your trunk? Just happened to me the other day with my hands full of groceries. Had to use my physical key to unlock it...something rolled around in my trunk and hit the button.
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Thanks for the tip. I feel like an idiot for not figuring that out. Not sure I understand the purpose of that lockout button, TBH. Maybe I'm just having a dim Friday... |
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No sweat dude I had to go into my manual. Threw me for loop aswell. It turns your trunk into a safe, basically.
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Basically it's so you can give the valet the electronic key and keep the physical key for yourself so the trunk is still secure, if you're using a valet ever.
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The lockout function is stupid anyway. The idea is that you can lock your valuables in the trunk and hit that button to disable anything but the mechanical key. But you can also get into the trunk extremely easily through the back seat without the mechanical key just by pulling up the covers on the corners and yanking up the latch rods. If a valet wants your crap, that button isn't going to stop him. And what's worse, he can put it all back (minus what he stole) so that it's still locked out and looks like nobody was in your trunk at all. I'm surprised one of the vendors hasn't made a nice molded flip up cover for that switch yet. People get locked out often enough from stuff shifting around in their trunks that there would be a market for it. |
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I don’t see it as an attempt to keep valet (I would never let somebody else park my car anyway) out as it is a deterrent for a typical smash and grab opportunist thief. This typical type of thief will just smash a window out and quickly rummage through anything in the open, the glove box and the trunk.... they would hit the trunk release button, see that it doesn’t work and move on to the next car.
The same trunk lock button exists in NC and ND Miatas and the popular solution is to tape a plastic bottle cap over the button to keep it from being pressed. Personally I don’t see what the big deal is. I know the button exists... if my trunk is ever inoperable due to the button accidentally engaging, the next step is to simply use the key to open the trunk and press the button once the trunk is open. |
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When required to leave the vehicle’s key with a parking attendantI mean, that's why they call one of the keys a valet key. |
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I’m surprised it hasn’t happened to me yet. And I’ve had all sorts of heavy things rolling around back there. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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