Despite the fact that cars are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a large volume of transport on most recent cars. If you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Toyota Avalon is a large and very practical space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Toyota Avalon is stuck? This is precisely what we will try to answer today. We will mainly focus 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 causes of a trunk locker stuck, and in a second step, how to open the stuck trunck locker from a Toyota Avalon.
Trunk lock Toyota Avalon stuck, why?
So let’s start our content page with the roots of an Toyota Avalon trunk that get stuck . They can be multiple, although in most instances it will be the same problems that will be concerned.
Toyota Avalon trunk lock connection wires cut
First explanation for a trunk stuck on Toyota Avalon. 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 causes the outside trunk release handle to not react and may also trigger problems with your rear lights, which may be linked 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 Toyota Avalon if you don’t know how to verify their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Toyota Avalon is blocked due to an electrical problem.
Toyota Avalon trunk damaged lock
The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Toyota Avalon that is the cause of your problem . In reality, it is possible, with time, that it may become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In such a case, the action of the trunk handle no longer triggers the system. You may still hear the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Toyota Avalon trunk
At last, a last possibility, despite the fact that 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 Toyota Avalon?
Now that we have discovered the different factors for a trunk stuck on Toyota Avalon , we will focus on the solutions to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Toyota Avalon with the inner lock
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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Toyota Avalon is entirely blocked, the external handle may be damaged, 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 . Indeed, 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 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 Toyota Avalon .
Open trunk stuck Toyota Avalon with a lubricant spray
Second solution. It is possible that, over time, dust, the trunk closure of your Toyota Avalon may have jammed , to get rid of it, from inside your motor vehicle, use degreaser to come clean and lubricate the lock of your Toyota Avalon. This solution may give you the opportunity to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Toyota Avalon, try to take out the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Toyota Avalon 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 take out 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 Toyota Avalon , we advise you to go to your mechanic who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your motor vehicle .
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