If you’re running rubish, assisting in someone move, or going away for the weekend, the extra volume offered by the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer is necessary. On the other hand, it can happen, sometimes, that your trunk gets stuck, whether it is because of a power problems, or a problem with the lock, you will obviously end up in trouble when confronted with this trouble. That’s why we made the decision to create this article to help you understand how to open the trunk of a Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the inside? This should give you a short-term treatment to access the trunk while you consider a complete repair. For this, we will first discover why the trunk of your car is blocked, and furthermore, how to open the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the interior.

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Why is the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer locked?

We will now see one after the other the problems that can make you want to open the safe of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the inside.

Lock connection wires cut off that blocks your Citroen C4 Spacetourer trunk

First reason for a locked trunk on your car. It is likely that the wires or the wiring harness of the trunk lock may have been cut by force or because of shocks. This trouble motives the outside trunk release handle to not act in response and may also generate problems with your rear lights which may be connected to the same wiring harness. If you have these two problems and your bulbs are not burnt out (please have a look at our article on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Citroen C4 Spacetourer if you don’t know how to verify their condition, there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer is blocked caused by an electrical trouble.

Broken trunk lock on Citroen C4 Spacetourer

The second trouble that may cause you to seek out how to open the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the inside, is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer that is at the source of your trouble. With time, it may become blocked or internal mechanisms may break. In such a case, the action of the exterior trunk handle no longer stimulates the mechanism. You may still notice the sound of activation, but the mechanism will not turn.

Something’s jammed in the lock

Finally, a last situation, despite the fact that the source of the trouble is in most cases already established. It is possible that you have something (a bag for example, a jacket, leaves…) stuck in the lock of your trunk and that this foreign body keeps it in the closed position.

How to open trunk Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the inside?

After examining the various causes why you might want to open the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the inside, we will describe how to do it in practice.

You may not be aware of it, but there is an internal handle on your trunk, which is there for basic safety. This handle is hidden and the majority of us are not even informed of its existence. On the other hand, it is the handle that will allow you to open the trunk of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the passenger compartment. To situate this “handle” you’ll have to get in the back seat (don’t hesitate to fold it down for more space), and, at the trunk lock of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer (center of the tailgate), you’ll have to remove a plastic cover to see the whole lock appear. Once this has been completed, you should locate a sort of lever that once activated will allow you to open the tailgate of your Citroen C4 Spacetourer from the inside. Be careful though, on many models if this lever keeps in the open position you will not be able to lock your trunk when locking your car with the central locking system. So make sure to put it back in position once you close your trunk.

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