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 vehicles. If you’re going on a break, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Mini Mini is a large and very important space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Mini Mini is stuck? This is precisely what we will try to answer today. We will specifically concentrate on closing a blocked safe, but you may 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 Mini Mini.

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Trunk lock Mini Mini stuck, why?

So let’s start our content page with the origins of an Mini Mini trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, although in most instances it will be the same problems that will be involved.

Mini Mini trunk lock connection wires cut

First reason for a trunk stuck on Mini Mini. It is possible that the wires or wiring harness of your trunk lock may have been severed by force, or due to shocks. This problem triggers the outside trunk release handle to not respond and may as well cause problems with your rear lights, which may be caused by 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 Mini Mini if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Mini Mini is blocked due to an electrical problem.

Mini Mini trunk broken lock

The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Mini Mini that is the cause of your problem . In reality, it is possible, in the long run, 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 hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.

Something’s jammed in the lock of my Mini Mini trunk

At last, a last possibility, even though the origin of the problem is generally 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 Mini Mini?

Now that we have discovered the different causes for a trunk stuck on Mini Mini , we will concentrate on the possibilities to open a blocked trunk.

Opening a stuck trunk Mini Mini with the inner lock

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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Mini Mini 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 vehicle use the internal trunk handle . Indeed, 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 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 Mini Mini .

Open trunk stuck Mini Mini with a lubricant spray

Second remedy. It is possible that, as time passes, dust, the trunk closure of your Mini Mini may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your car, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Mini Mini. This remedy may give you the opportunity to reoperate your locked trunk.

Open blocked tailgate Mini Mini, try to take out the foreign object

Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Mini Mini is blocked as a result of 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 Mini Mini , 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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