Re: Trunk doesn't pop open

["Christopher Morgan" <cmor@home.com>]

The trunk lid latch is actuated by a two piece rod that runs from the lock
cylinder to the latch.  The remote-unlocking actuator is also attached to
this rod with yet another rod.  I'm guessing that the plastic piece of the
two piece rod came apart, rendering the whole thing inoperative.  What
you'll probably need to do is enter the trunk through the back seat (aren't
folding seats great at a time like this) and remove the trunk lid liner.
Then, you'll be able to see the mechanism and also manually open the lid.
BTW, what year car do you have?  I think this happened from time to time on
the earlier cars (93-95?) but not so much on the later cars.

-Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Moore" <pdm@odetics.com>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: Trunk doesn't pop open


> Just went out to the car and hit Trunk on the
> remote and instead of the "whoosh" noise I
> got some wimpy little sound and a closed trunk.
> Tried the hidden button by the driver's seat and
> the same thing.  Then tried the button on the trunk
> lid itself and still no go.  Anybody got a guess
> as to what would have broke overnight/on the
> way to work since it worked normally when I
> used it last night?
>
> paul
>
>