Despite the fact that vehicles are tending to become more and more compact, one is happy to enjoy a significant volume of transport on most recent cars. Whether you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Mercedes C class is a large and very valuable space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Mercedes C class is stuck? This is exactly what we will try to answer in this article. We will mainly concentrate on closing a blocked safe, but you might find 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 Mercedes C class.
Trunk lock Mercedes C class stuck, why?
So let’s begin our article with the roots of an Mercedes C class trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, nevertheless in many instances it will be the same problems that will be involved.
Mercedes C class trunk lock connection wires cut
First reason for a trunk stuck on Mercedes C class. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock might have been severed by force, or caused by shocks. This problem triggers the outside trunk release handle to not react and might also cause problems with your rear lights, which may 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 Mercedes C class if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Mercedes C class is blocked caused by an electrical problem.
Mercedes C class trunk broken lock
The second possibility of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Mercedes C class that is the cause of your problem . In reality, it is possible, after a while, that it might become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In this case, the action of the trunk handle no longer triggers the mechanism. You might still hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Mercedes C class trunk
At last, a last possibility, despite the fact that 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 Mercedes C class?
Now that we have discovered the different reasons for a trunk stuck on Mercedes C class , we will concentrate on the possibilities to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Mercedes C class with the inner lock
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First possibility, the trunk lock of your Mercedes C class is totally 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 car use the internal trunk handle . In actual fact, 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 Mercedes C class .
Open trunk stuck Mercedes C class with a lubricant spray
Second remedy. It is possible that, with time, dust, the trunk closure of your Mercedes C class may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your motor vehicle, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Mercedes C class. This remedy might give you the possibility to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Mercedes C class, try to remove the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Mercedes C class 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 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 Mercedes C class , we advise you to go to your auto technician who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your motor vehicle .
If you have any further questions about the Mercedes C class, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes C class category.
