Despite the fact that vehicles are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a important volume of transport on most recent vehicles. If you’re going on vacation, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Mitsubishi Lancer is a large and very valuable space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Mitsubishi Lancer 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 discover this article 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 Mitsubishi Lancer.
Trunk lock Mitsubishi Lancer stuck, why?
So let’s start our article content with the roots of an Mitsubishi Lancer trunk that get stuck . They can be diverse, although in many instances it will be the same complications that will be concerned.
Mitsubishi Lancer trunk lock connection wires cut
First cause for a trunk stuck on Mitsubishi Lancer. 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 causes the outside trunk release handle to not respond and might as well 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 article on changing the bulbs of the rear lights on Mitsubishi Lancer if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Mitsubishi Lancer is blocked caused by an electrical problem.
Mitsubishi Lancer trunk broken lock
The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Mitsubishi Lancer that is the trigger of your problem . In fact, 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 triggers the mechanism. You might still hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Mitsubishi Lancer trunk
At last, a last possibility, even though the origin of the issue 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 Mitsubishi Lancer?
Now that we have found out the different reasons for a trunk stuck on Mitsubishi Lancer , we will concentrate on the solutions to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Mitsubishi Lancer with the inner lock
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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Mitsubishi Lancer 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 . Obviously, 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 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 Mitsubishi Lancer .
Open trunk stuck Mitsubishi Lancer with a lubricant spray
Second solution. It is possible that, with time, dust, the trunk closure of your Mitsubishi Lancer may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your car, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Mitsubishi Lancer. This solution might give you the opportunity to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Mitsubishi Lancer, try to take out the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Mitsubishi Lancer 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 Mitsubishi Lancer , we advise you to go to your auto technician who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your car .
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