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HOw to Open the trunk if your battery is dead?

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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBodyBenzC240
^ Are you holding he trunk release handle while turning the key?
have u try to open locked trunk with the key? you can't pull the trunk release while the key is turn to the left (it has the spring resistan feel to it on the key).
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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How to open the trunk of a 2002 C32 with the mechanical key.

Come on people, be smarter then the car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGvj6ajdXdA
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 07:07 PM
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let me know if i have to make a video on how top open the front door with the mechanical key.
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by TemjinX2
let me know if i have to make a video on how top open the front door with the mechanical key.
Bravo! LOL
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 07:33 PM
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Originally Posted by ScottW911
Ummm...isn't the seat back release in the trunk?


well, I guess that shoots a hole in my idea...
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Old Feb 26, 2010 | 07:55 PM
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funny I can open the E (done it once when batt. die), S and R but not C. LOL
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Old Feb 27, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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E class has same positive pin under hood.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 01:13 PM
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great vid!!!....can you show us how to start the car remotely?
LOL!!!
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by TemjinX2
How to open the trunk of a 2002 C32 with the mechanical key.

Come on people, be smarter then the car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGvj6ajdXdA
I call shenanigans, there must've been someone hiding in the front seat who hit the trunk release button
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by iridium130
I call shenanigans, there must've been someone hiding in the front seat who hit the trunk release button
No shenanigans. That's the way I got mine to open too.
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by iridium130
I call shenanigans, there must've been someone hiding in the front seat who hit the trunk release button
your right, i have one of these in the trunk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdLLdh1xECg
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Old Feb 28, 2010 | 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by BigBodyBenzC240
Why didnt you just use the key on your driver side door so you didnt have to go through the trunk to access your hood release?
The one on the drivers door was siezed up. Sorry I didn't say that but by stating I went through the trunk it was implied...
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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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Thank for the video. I guess my trunk key is F-up. it can only turn one way to lock it, it won't release the lock.
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Old May 20, 2013 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by MarcusF
In the CLK world, this is common. The key hasn't been used since the car left the factory, so the lock is less than cooperative. A little lube and a LOT of jiggling usually does the job. Opening the trunk with the key whenever a B service is done usually keeps the lock in working order.

Of course on a W208 CLK, there's a plan B.

The attached picture is of a W208 CLK. In the picture there is a red arrow. The arrow points to a plastic cover. On a W208 CLK, the owner removes that cover, and applies 12V positive to the wire under the cover. They apply a negative ground anywhere they can. At that point, the owner can use either their electronic key or the switch in the car to open the trunk. So . . . . . . . does the W203 have a cover in about the same spot? If so, will a W203 owner with a volt meter confirm that the wire under the cover sees 12V positive when the car is turned off?




Lastly, DO NOT EVER use that wire to jump the car.
Excellent! Thanks mate I no longer have the metal key. Great info
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