Even though cars are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a important volume of transport on most recent vehicles. Whether you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Citroen Berlingo is a large and very valuable space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Citroen Berlingo is stuck? This is precisely what we will try to answer today. We will specifically 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 causes of a trunk locker stuck, and in a second step, how to open the stuck trunck locker from a Citroen Berlingo.

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Trunk lock Citroen Berlingo stuck, why?

So let’s start our content with the roots of an Citroen Berlingo trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, nevertheless in most instances it will be the same problems that will be concerned.

Citroen Berlingo trunk lock connection wires cut

First reason for a trunk stuck on Citroen Berlingo. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock may have been severed by force, or caused by shocks. This problem causes the outside trunk release handle to not respond and may also cause problems with your rear lights, which might be linked to the same wiring harness. If you have these two problems and your bulbs are not burnt out (please refer to our content page on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Citroen Berlingo if you don’t know how to verify their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Citroen Berlingo is blocked caused by an electrical problem.

Citroen Berlingo trunk broken lock

The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Citroen Berlingo that is the cause of your problem . In reality, it is possible, with time, that it may become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In such a case, the action of the trunk handle no longer triggers the system. You may still notice the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.

Something’s jammed in the lock of my Citroen Berlingo trunk

At last, a last possibility, even though the origin of the problem 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 a stuck trunk Citroen Berlingo?

Now that we have found out the different factors for a trunk stuck on Citroen Berlingo , we will focus on the solutions to open a blocked trunk.

Opening a stuck trunk Citroen Berlingo with the inner lock

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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Citroen Berlingo is completely blocked, the external handle may be broken, or you may have an electrical problem. In this case, a remedy is offered to you, go through the interior of the vehicle use the internal trunk handle . Indeed, 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 Citroen Berlingo .

Open trunk stuck Citroen Berlingo with a lubricant spray

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

Open blocked tailgate Citroen Berlingo, try to remove the foreign object

Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Citroen Berlingo is blocked because of 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 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 Citroen Berlingo , we advise 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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