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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 01:17 PM
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HELP: my 08 vette has a dead battery, the key that opens the trunk wont open it, and suggestions
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Old Mar 15, 2014 | 01:48 PM
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Are you sure the key is pushed completely into the key hole? Put a quick shot of WD40 in there and try again.
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sometimes you need to turn the key really hard to open the trunk, you might want to try again
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Sure the trunk is opening but it's not popping up.
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Ultimately, you can jack up the passenger side of the car and apply power to the positive terminal on the starter but I would certainly exhaust every effort on using that metal key first...much easier.
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Ultimately, you can jack up the passenger side of the car and apply power to the positive terminal on the starter but I would certainly exhaust every effort on using that metal key first...much easier.


OTOH, be sure you don't break off the key in the lock. That would be a real mess.
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