Even though vehicles are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a significant volume of transport on most recent cars. If you’re going on vacation, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Citroen C3 Picasso is a large and very practical space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Citroen C3 Picasso 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 causes of a trunk locker stuck, and in a second step, how to open the stuck trunck locker from a Citroen C3 Picasso.
Trunk lock Citroen C3 Picasso stuck, why?
So let’s commence our content page with the origins of an Citroen C3 Picasso trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, although in most cases it will be the same complications that will be involved.
Citroen C3 Picasso trunk lock connection wires cut
First reason for a trunk stuck on Citroen C3 Picasso. 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 bring about complications with your rear lights, which might be connected to the same 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 Citroen C3 Picasso if you don’t know how to verify their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Citroen C3 Picasso is blocked resulting from an electrical issue.
Citroen C3 Picasso trunk broken lock
The second possibility of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Citroen C3 Picasso that is the cause of your issue . In reality, it is possible, over time, 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 notice the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Citroen C3 Picasso 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 Citroen C3 Picasso?
Now that we have discovered the different factors for a trunk stuck on Citroen C3 Picasso , we will focus on the possibilities to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Citroen C3 Picasso with the inner lock
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First possibility, the trunk lock of your Citroen C3 Picasso is entirely blocked, the external handle may be broken, or you may have an electrical issue. In such a case, a solution is offered to you, go through the interior of the car use the internal trunk handle . In 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 find 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 C3 Picasso .
Open trunk stuck Citroen C3 Picasso with a lubricant spray
Second remedy. It is possible that, as time passes, dust, the trunk closure of your Citroen C3 Picasso may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your motor vehicle, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Citroen C3 Picasso. This remedy may give you the possibility to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Citroen C3 Picasso, try to remove the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Citroen C3 Picasso 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 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 Citroen C3 Picasso , we recommend you to go to your technician who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your motor vehicle .
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