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jim9....good question, the flashing green you saw when you opened your trunk, is the 'emergency' trunk lock release switch, that MB added to later production W208s, but was not covered in owner's manuals.
By design, the switch has a small built in LED lamp, that only requires a few milliamps of current and flashes when the trunk is closed and locked as well, as an aid locating it.
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