If you’re running rubish, helping someone move, or going away for the weekend, the extra volume offered by the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross is important. Nevertheless, it can happen, occasionally, that your trunk gets stuck, regardless it is because of a power failure, or a problem with the lock, you will inevitably find yourself in trouble when faced with this problem. That’s why we decided to write this guideline to help you understand how to open the trunk of a Citroen C5 Aircross 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 secondly, how to open the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross from the interior.

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Why is the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross locked?

We will now see one by one the complications that can make you want to open the safe of your Citroen C5 Aircross from the inside.

Lock connection wires cut off that blocks your Citroen C5 Aircross trunk

First cause 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 problem motives the outside trunk release handle to not respond and may also bring about complications with your rear lights which may be linked with the same wiring harness. If you have these two complications and your bulbs are not burnt out (please have a look at our guideline on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Citroen C5 Aircross if you don’t know how to check their state, there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Citroen C5 Aircross is blocked resulting from an electrical problem.

Broken trunk lock on Citroen C5 Aircross

The second problem that may cause you to seek out how to open the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross from the inside, is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross that is at the beginning of your problem. After a while, it may become blocked or internal mechanisms may break. In this 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 spin.

Something’s jammed in the lock

To conclude, a last possibility, despite the fact that the source of the problem is in most cases already known. 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 C5 Aircross from the inside?

After examining the various causes why you might want to open the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross from the inside, we will show you 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 safety. This handle is hidden and the majority of us are not even aware of its existence. Nevertheless, it is the handle that will allow you to open the trunk of your Citroen C5 Aircross from the passenger compartment. To identify this “handle” you’ll have to get in the back seat (don’t be reluctant to fold it down for more space), and, at the trunk lock of your Citroen C5 Aircross (center of the tailgate), you’ll have to remove a plastic cover to see the whole lock appear. Once this has been achieved, you should locate a sort of lever that once activated will allow you to open the tailgate of your Citroen C5 Aircross 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.

Whenever you have any further questions about the Citroen C5 Aircross, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C5 Aircross category.