Manual release for trunk?
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Le Mans Master
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Manual release for trunk?
Hi all:
My battery (I think) is dead, and my jumper cables are in the trunk. When I press the trunk release button, the trunk doesn't release. Is there a manual release for the trunk somewhere?
Thanks.
My battery (I think) is dead, and my jumper cables are in the trunk. When I press the trunk release button, the trunk doesn't release. Is there a manual release for the trunk somewhere?
Thanks.
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Yes, it's in the center storage compartment (in the trunk). It's a thin cable looking "thingey".
That doesn't strike me as the greatest arrangement, but since it's a convertible, you can open the soft-top cover and get to it, though I don't know how convenient that might be for you.
That doesn't strike me as the greatest arrangement, but since it's a convertible, you can open the soft-top cover and get to it, though I don't know how convenient that might be for you.
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Originally Posted by Bill Baird
Yes, it's in the center storage compartment (in the trunk). It's a thin cable looking "thingey".
That doesn't strike me as the greatest arrangement, but since it's a convertible, you can open the soft-top cover and get to it, though I don't know how convenient that might be for you.
That doesn't strike me as the greatest arrangement, but since it's a convertible, you can open the soft-top cover and get to it, though I don't know how convenient that might be for you.
Thanks.
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Originally Posted by StephenT
Wow, it was in the OM the whole time, who knew 
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Originally Posted by Bill Baird
Those pictures are for the coupe. I believe that he has a convertible. The illustration that he needs should be on the next page though.
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Originally Posted by Bill Baird
Those pictures are for the coupe. I believe that he has a convertible. The illustration that he needs should be on the next page though.
Good luck....
Pro
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Originally Posted by dataporter
Convertible/Hardtop is on the right side of the page above... Coupe is on the left.
There is a glow-in-the-dark trunk release handle
located on the rear wall of the trunk below the latch.
This handle will glow following exposure to light.
Pull the release handle down to open the trunk from
the inside.
The illustration that accompanies the paragraph indicates that the handle is NOT in a compartment, but just on the rear wall of the trunk.
To see which paragraph is right for 2002, I went out to my car and looked. Mine has the glow-in-the-dark handle on the rear wall of the trunk, and no cable in the center compartment. I'm assuming that earlier cars had the release in the center compartment, and later ones had it in on the rear wall. I suspect that this change was brought about by laws requiring that trunks can be readily opened from the inside, so that people can't get stuck inside of trunks.
It would be interesting to know in which model year this change took place.
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