No matter you’re running rubish, helping someone move, or going away for the weekend, the extra volume offered by the trunk of your Mitsubishi Eclipse is necessary. Nevertheless, 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 unavoidably end up in trouble when confronted with this trouble. That’s why we chosen to create this guideline to help you identify how to open the trunk of a Mitsubishi Eclipse from the inside? This should give you a temporary remedy to access the trunk while you reflect on 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse from the interior.
Why is the trunk of your Mitsubishi Eclipse locked?
We will now see one by one the problems that can make you want to open the safe of your Mitsubishi Eclipse from the inside.
Lock connection wires cut off that blocks your Mitsubishi Eclipse trunk
First justification 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 causes the outside trunk release handle to not act in response and may also cause problems with your rear lights which may be associated with the same wiring harness. If you have these two problems and your bulbs are not burnt out (please refer to our guideline on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Mitsubishi Eclipse if you don’t know how to examine their condition, there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Mitsubishi Eclipse is blocked due to an electrical trouble.
Broken trunk lock on Mitsubishi Eclipse
The second trouble that may cause you to look for how to open the trunk of your Mitsubishi Eclipse from the inside, is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Mitsubishi Eclipse that is at the origin of your trouble. In the long run, it may become blocked or internal mechanisms may break. In such a case, the action of the exterior trunk handle no longer activates the mechanism. You may still hear 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 cause of the trouble is generally 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse from the inside?
After going over the various reasons why you might want to open the trunk of your Mitsubishi Eclipse from the inside, we will show you 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 basic safety. This handle is hidden and many of us are not even knowledgeable of its existence. Nevertheless, it is the handle that will allow you to open the trunk of your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 Mitsubishi Eclipse (center of the tailgate), you’ll have to remove a plastic cover to see the complete lock appear. Once this has been conducted, you should identify a sort of lever that once activated will allow you to open the tailgate of your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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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