If you’re running rubish, helping someone move, or going away for the weekend, the extra volume given by the trunk of your Mercury Milan is fundamental. On the other hand, it can happen, in some cases, that your trunk gets stuck, if it is because of a power failure, or a problem with the lock, you will inevitably find yourself struggling when encountered with this problem. That’s why we decided to write this article to help you identify how to open the trunk of a Mercury Milan from the inside? This should give you a temporary remedy to access the trunk while you consider a complete repair. To achieve this, we will first find out why the trunk of your car is blocked, and additionally, how to open the trunk of your Mercury Milan from the interior.
Why is the trunk of your Mercury Milan locked?
We will now see one at a time the complications that can make you want to open the safe of your Mercury Milan from the inside.
Lock connection wires cut off that blocks your Mercury Milan trunk
First motive for a locked trunk on your car. It is possible 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 provoke complications with your rear lights which may be associated with the same wiring harness. If you have these two complications and your bulbs are not burnt out (please have a look at our article on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Mercury Milan if you don’t know how to examine their state, there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Mercury Milan is blocked resulting from an electrical problem.
Broken trunk lock on Mercury Milan
The second problem that may cause you to seek out how to open the trunk of your Mercury Milan from the inside, is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Mercury Milan that is at the source of your problem. After a while, 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 listen to the sound of activation, but the mechanism will not turn.
Something’s jammed in the lock
To conclude, a last situation, even though the cause of the problem is generally 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 Mercury Milan from the inside?
After going over the various reasons why you might want to open the trunk of your Mercury Milan from the inside, we will describe how to do it in practice.
You may not be informed of it, but there is an internal handle on your trunk, which is there for essential safety. This handle is hidden and many people 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 Mercury Milan 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 Mercury Milan (center of the tailgate), you’ll have to remove a plastic cover to see the entire lock appear. Once this has been conducted, you should discover a sort of lever that once activated will allow you to open the tailgate of your Mercury Milan 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 put it back in position once you close your trunk.
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