Even though cars are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a substantial volume of transport on most recent cars. Whether you’re going on vacation, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta is a large and very valuable space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta is stuck? This is exactly what we will try to answer today. We will specifically concentrate on closing a blocked safe, but you may find this article useful if you can’t close your trunk anymore. In a first step, we will try to find the motives of a trunk locker stuck, and in a second step, how to open the stuck trunck locker from a Alfa Romeo Giulietta.
Trunk lock Alfa Romeo Giulietta stuck, why?
So let’s begin our article content with the sources of an Alfa Romeo Giulietta trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, although in most cases it will be the same problems that will be involved.
Alfa Romeo Giulietta trunk lock connection wires cut
First cause for a trunk stuck on Alfa Romeo Giulietta. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock may have been severed by force, or because of shocks. This problem triggers the outside trunk release handle to not respond and may as well trigger problems with your rear lights, which might be caused by similar wiring harness. If you have these two problems and your bulbs are not burnt out (please refer to our article on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Alfa Romeo Giulietta if you don’t know how to verify their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta is blocked because of an electrical problem.
Alfa Romeo Giulietta trunk broken lock
The second possibility of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta that is the cause of your problem . In fact, it is possible, in the long run, that it may become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In such a case, the action of the trunk handle no longer activates the system. You may still notice the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Alfa Romeo Giulietta trunk
At last, a last possibility, despite the fact that the origin of the problem is usually 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 a stuck trunk Alfa Romeo Giulietta?
Now that we have discovered the different causes for a trunk stuck on Alfa Romeo Giulietta , we will concentrate on the possibilities to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Alfa Romeo Giulietta with the inner lock
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First possibility, the trunk lock of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta is entirely blocked, the external handle may be broken, or you may have an electrical problem. In such a case, a remedy is offered to you, go through the interior of the car use the internal trunk handle . In actual fact, not everyone is aware of it, but there is an internal mechanism in the trunk that enables you to open it from the inside, you will need to identify a hole (sometimes hidden at the rear of a plastic cover) in the centre of your tailgate in which you can insert a screwdriver and press on the sides to unlock the trunk lock of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta .
Open trunk stuck Alfa Romeo Giulietta with a lubricant spray
Second solution. It is possible that, over time, dust, the trunk closure of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your car, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta. This solution may give you the possibility to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Alfa Romeo Giulietta, try to remove the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta is blocked because of a foreign object that got into the lock. In such a case, there are few solutions. It is up to you to remove as many plastic covers as possible from the inside of your car in order to have the most open access possible to the lock and try to remove as many foreign objects as possible from the trunk closure using pliers. If you are unable to open the locked trunk of your Alfa Romeo Giulietta , we recommend you to go to your auto technician who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your car .
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