Even though vehicles are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a substantial volume of transport on most modern vehicles. If you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Chevrolet Express is a large and very important space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Chevrolet Express is stuck? This is exactly what we will try to answer in this article. We will mainly focus on closing a blocked safe, but you may discover this content page 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 Chevrolet Express.

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Trunk lock Chevrolet Express stuck, why?

So let’s begin our content with the sources of an Chevrolet Express trunk that get stuck . They can be diverse, nevertheless in many instances it will be the same complications that will be involved.

Chevrolet Express trunk lock connection wires cut

First cause for a trunk stuck on Chevrolet Express. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock may have been severed by force, or resulting from shocks. This issue causes the outside trunk release handle to not react and may as well trigger complications with your rear lights, which may be linked to similar wiring harness. If you have these two complications and your bulbs are not burnt out (please refer to our content page on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Chevrolet Express if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Chevrolet Express is blocked resulting from an electrical issue.

Chevrolet Express trunk damaged lock

The second possibility of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Chevrolet Express that is the cause of your issue . In reality, it is possible, after a while, that it may become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In this case, the action of the trunk handle no longer activates the mechanism. You may still hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.

Something’s jammed in the lock of my Chevrolet Express trunk

Finally, a last possibility, even though the source of the issue is usually 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 a stuck trunk Chevrolet Express?

Now that we have discovered the different causes for a trunk stuck on Chevrolet Express , we will focus on the solutions to open a blocked trunk.

Opening a stuck trunk Chevrolet Express with the inner lock

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First possibility, the trunk lock of your Chevrolet Express is entirely blocked, the external handle may be damaged, or you may have an electrical issue. In this case, a remedy is offered to you, go through the interior of the car use the internal trunk handle . Obviously, not everyone knows 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 Chevrolet Express .

Open trunk stuck Chevrolet Express with a lubricant spray

Second solution. It is possible that, with time, dust, the trunk closure of your Chevrolet Express may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your motor vehicle, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Chevrolet Express. This solution may give you the possibility to reoperate your locked trunk.

Open blocked tailgate Chevrolet Express, try to remove the foreign object

Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Chevrolet Express is blocked due to a foreign object that got into the lock. In this case, there are few solutions. It is up to you to remove as many plastic covers as possible from the inside of your motor vehicle 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 Chevrolet Express , we recommend you to go to your auto mechanic who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your motor vehicle .

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