Even though vehicles are tending to become a lot more compact, one is happy to enjoy a substantial volume of transport on most recent vehicles. If you’re going on holiday, shopping or moving house, the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 is a large and very useful space. So, what to do if the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 is stuck? This is exactly what we will try to answer today. We will specifically focus 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 Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120.
Trunk lock Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 stuck, why?
So let’s start our content page with the roots of an Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 trunk that get stuck . They can be diverse, nevertheless in most cases it will be the same complications that will be concerned.
Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 trunk lock connection wires cut
First reason for a trunk stuck on Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120. 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 causes the outside trunk release handle to not respond and might as well bring about complications with your rear lights, which may be caused by 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 Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 if you don’t know how to check their condition), there is a good chance that the tailgate of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 is blocked resulting from an electrical issue.
Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 trunk broken lock
The second opportunity of a blocked trunk is that it is the lock of the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 that is the trigger of your issue . In fact, it is possible, as time passes, that it might become blocked or that internal mechanisms may break. In this instance, the action of the trunk handle no longer triggers the mechanism. You might still notice the activation noise, but not the mechanisms turning.
Something’s jammed in the lock of my Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 trunk
At last, a last possibility, despite the fact that 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 Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120?
Now that we have found out the different factors for a trunk stuck on Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 , we will focus on the solutions to open a blocked trunk.
Opening a stuck trunk Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 with the inner lock
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First opportunity, the trunk lock of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 is completely blocked, the external handle may be broken, or you may have an electrical issue. In this case, a solution is offered to you, go through the interior of the car use the internal trunk handle . Obviously, 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 Land Cruiser Serie 120 .
Open trunk stuck Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 with a lubricant spray
Second solution. It is possible that, over time, dust, the trunk closure of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 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 Land Cruiser Serie 120. This solution might give you the opportunity to reoperate your locked trunk.
Open blocked tailgate Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120, try to take out the foreign object
Finally, last possibility, it is possible that the trunk of your Toyota Land Cruiser Serie 120 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 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 Land Cruiser Serie 120 , we advise you to go to your technician who will have the tools and more advanced knowledge to unlock the trunk of your motor vehicle .
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