Even though vehicles are tending to become more and more compact, one is happy to enjoy a substantial volume of transport on most recent vehicles. If you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Kia Sportage is a large and very valuable space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Kia Sportage is stuck? This is exactly what we will try to answer today. We will mainly focus on closing a blocked safe, but you may possibly find 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 Kia Sportage.
Trunk lock Kia Sportage stuck, why?
So let’s commence our article with the sources of an Kia Sportage trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, although in most cases it will be the same complications that will be involved.
Kia Sportage trunk lock connection wires cut
First cause for a trunk stuck on Kia Sportage. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock may possibly have been severed by force, or caused by shocks. This issue triggers the outside trunk release handle to not react and may possibly also provoke complications with your rear lights, which might be connected 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 Kia Sportage if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Kia Sportage is blocked caused by an electrical issue.
Kia Sportage trunk damaged lock
The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Kia Sportage that is the trigger of your issue . In reality, it is possible, after a while, that it may possibly become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In this case, the action of the trunk handle no longer triggers the mechanism. You may possibly still hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Kia Sportage trunk
At last, a last possibility, even though the origin of the problem 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 Kia Sportage?
Now that we have discovered the different reasons for a trunk stuck on Kia Sportage , we will focus on the possibilities to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Kia Sportage with the inner lock
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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Kia Sportage is completely blocked, the external handle may be damaged, 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 truth, not everyone is aware of it, but there is an internal mechanism in the trunk that allows 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 Kia Sportage .
Open trunk stuck Kia Sportage with a lubricant spray
Second remedy. It is possible that, with time, dust, the trunk closure of your Kia Sportage may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your car, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Kia Sportage. This remedy may possibly give you the opportunity to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Kia Sportage, try to remove the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Kia Sportage is blocked due to 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 Kia Sportage , we advise you to go to your auto mechanic who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your car .
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