No matter you’re running rubish, helping someone move, or going away for the weekend, the extra volume offered by the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 is important. However, it can happen, in some cases, that your trunk gets stuck, if it is because of a power problems, or a problem with the lock, you will undoubtedly end up struggling when confronted with this trouble. That’s why we decided to create this content page to help you find out how to open the trunk of a Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the inside? This should give you a temporary treatment to access the trunk while you reflect on a complete repair. To do so, we will first look at why the trunk of your car is blocked, and secondly, how to open the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the interior.

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Why is the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 locked?

We will now see one after the other the problems that can make you want to open the safe of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the inside.

Lock connection wires cut off that blocks your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 trunk

First cause 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 trouble triggers the outside trunk release handle to not respond and may also provoke problems with your rear lights which may be linked with the same wiring harness. If you have these two problems and your bulbs are not burnt out (please have a look at our content page on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 if you don’t know how to check their state, there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 is blocked caused by an electrical trouble.

Broken trunk lock on Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120

The second trouble that may cause you to seek out how to open the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the inside, is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 that is at the cause of your trouble. As time passes, 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 turn.

Something’s jammed in the lock

To conclude, a last situation, despite the fact that the cause of the trouble 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 Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the inside?

After examining the various causes why you might want to open the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the inside, we will show you how to do it in practice.

You may not be advised of it, but there is an internal handle on your trunk, which is there for security. This handle is hidden and many of us are not even aware of its existence. However, it is the handle that will allow you to open the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 from the passenger compartment. To identify 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 Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 (center of the tailgate), you’ll have to remove a plastic cover to see the entire lock appear. Once this has been achieved, you should find a sort of lever that once activated will allow you to open the tailgate of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 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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