Even though automobiles are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a large volume of transport on most recent cars. Whether you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata is a large and very useful space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata is stuck? This is precisely what we will try to answer in this article. We will mainly focus on closing a blocked safe, but you may possibly discover this content 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 Hyundai Sonata.

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Trunk lock Hyundai Sonata stuck, why?

So let’s commence our article with the roots of an Hyundai Sonata trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, nevertheless in many instances it will be the same problems that will be involved.

Hyundai Sonata trunk lock connection wires cut

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

Hyundai Sonata trunk broken lock

The second possibility of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata that is the cause of your problem . In reality, it is possible, over time, that it may possibly become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In this case, the action of the trunk handle no longer activates the mechanism. You may possibly still hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.

Something’s jammed in the lock of my Hyundai Sonata trunk

At last, a last possibility, despite the fact that the source of the issue 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 Hyundai Sonata?

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

Opening a stuck trunk Hyundai Sonata with the inner lock

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First possibility, the trunk lock of your Hyundai Sonata is entirely 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 . 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 behind 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 Hyundai Sonata .

Open trunk stuck Hyundai Sonata with a lubricant spray

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

Open blocked tailgate Hyundai Sonata, try to take out the foreign object

Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Hyundai Sonata 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 take out 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 Hyundai Sonata , we suggest you to go to your mechanic who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your car .

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