Even though vehicles are tending to become progressively more compact, one is happy to enjoy a significant volume of transport on most recent vehicles. Whether you’re going on vacation, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Mercedes Sprinter is a large and very useful space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Mercedes Sprinter is stuck? This is exactly what we will try to answer today. We will mainly concentrate on closing a blocked safe, but you might locate 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 Sprinter.
Trunk lock Mercedes Sprinter stuck, why?
So let’s commence our guideline with the origins of an Mercedes Sprinter trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, although in most instances it will be the same problems that will be involved.
Mercedes Sprinter trunk lock connection wires cut
First explanation for a trunk stuck on Mercedes Sprinter. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock might have been severed by force, or resulting from shocks. This issue triggers the outside trunk release handle to not react and might also provoke problems with your rear lights, which might be caused by similar 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 Sprinter if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Mercedes Sprinter is blocked resulting from an electrical issue.
Mercedes Sprinter trunk broken lock
The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Mercedes Sprinter that is the trigger of your issue . In reality, it is possible, over time, that it might become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In such a case, the action of the trunk handle no longer activates the mechanism. You might still notice the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Mercedes Sprinter trunk
At last, a last possibility, despite the fact that the origin of the problem is in most cases 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 Mercedes Sprinter?
Now that we have discovered the different causes for a trunk stuck on Mercedes Sprinter , we will concentrate on the possibilities to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Mercedes Sprinter with the inner lock
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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Mercedes Sprinter is entirely blocked, the external handle may be broken, or you may have an electrical issue. In this case, a remedy is offered to you, go through the interior of the car use the internal trunk handle . In fact, not everyone knows it, but there is an internal mechanism in the trunk that allows you to open it from the inside, you will need to locate 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 Mercedes Sprinter .
Open trunk stuck Mercedes Sprinter with a lubricant spray
Second remedy. It is possible that, as time passes, dust, the trunk closure of your Mercedes Sprinter may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your car, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Mercedes Sprinter. This remedy might give you the opportunity to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Mercedes Sprinter, try to take out the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Mercedes Sprinter 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 Mercedes Sprinter , we advise 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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