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Old 11-05-2005, 01:56 AM
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Unhappy Locked trunk

Help me! I have the worst luck. Okay my trunk is locked and my seat (all of a sudden) won't let down, and the lil pulley thing on the floor wont work because the the trunk slammed due to the bad shocks on there and it tilted the lockout device. I tore through the keyhole to no avail. When I stick my finger in the hole I can't feel anything, no lever no nothing. Is it a way to get into the trunk without breaking anything else?
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Old 11-05-2005, 02:20 AM
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U removed the trunk key hole? and your rear seat won't fold also? Man U must have the worst luck in the whole world!!
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Old 11-05-2005, 02:40 AM
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Unhappy Yeah I'll say

You don't know the half of it. And all this stuff happened at once. But my wife did have my car.
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Old 11-05-2005, 06:43 AM
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there are 2 reasons your seat may or maynot be going down, when i get to work i will put a longer post
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Old 11-05-2005, 06:50 AM
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okay thanx.

Ok, I'll be w8ting for reply.
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Old 11-05-2005, 10:40 AM
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The seat has a switch on the back of it that will prevent it from folding down, and the trunk has a switch that will prevent the opener from popping it. With both switches locked, the only way to get in the trunk is with the key.
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Old 11-05-2005, 11:51 AM
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OK

I looked at how the mechanism is setup, by looking thru the access panel on the inside of the trunk lid.

Get a heavy long needlenose plier {curly one would be nice}.
Get an automotive mirror on a telescopic post, and find the lever that you dropped into the bottom of the trunk lid when you tried to remove the lock.

Grab that lever, {it runs horizontally} and with the needlenose pliers, work the lever left and right, and your in.

I have pulled my backseat bottom out, and it will offer no help.
All the tolerances are too close for anything to go thru, even if you could find the unlock for the seat.

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Old 11-05-2005, 03:11 PM
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If that doesn't work also, just grab a chunk of C4 and do the thing
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Old 11-05-2005, 03:26 PM
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Ummm... Why don't you just take the vin to a subaru dealer and have a key cut?
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Ummm... Why don't you just take the vin to a subaru dealer and have a key cut?
But he said he removed the keylock from his trunk, so now he has a hole instead
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Old 11-05-2005, 03:54 PM
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But he said he removed the keylock from his trunk, so now he has a hole instead
Assumed he did that somehow trying to get it opened (which I'm not sure how you could do). A locksmith will charge ya about $75 to get in.
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Old 11-05-2005, 05:25 PM
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I would have gotten a key too. Why doesn't the key open the trunk? It should open it. I don't know what to do if the key lock is out. Let us know the answer when you get it open.
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Post a picture of where the lock was, in it's present state.
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Old 11-06-2005, 07:34 AM
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I think our friend was relying on the interior trunk release handle and has removed the lock before and never got the time to put it back... this is why he got himself into this thing...
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Old 11-06-2005, 09:37 AM
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