Access to Locked Boot/Trunk with Key Inside It
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CLK W209
Access to Locked Boot/Trunk with Key Inside It
So I did the dumb, and locked the key in the boot. I pressed the boot opening button on the fob, out opened, put my key down inside when I sorted stuff in my boot, and then proceeded to shut the boot, without removing the key, and as such locked the key in my boot.
My roadside assistance was very competent. I think he may have had some notes on their system.
He put an air bladder in between the windows in order to get a rod through and pull the opposite door handle twice. Quite a bit easier with the pillar less design.
When inside, pull the left speaker cover up on the parcel shelf, lift the foam, remove the speaker, and with the holes in the metal work, you can find and pull on the wire for the latch of the folding seats. Thus allowing access to the trunk, absolutely no damage incurred at all.
Just a note if it were to ever happen to anyone else on here... Hopefully not!
My roadside assistance was very competent. I think he may have had some notes on their system.
He put an air bladder in between the windows in order to get a rod through and pull the opposite door handle twice. Quite a bit easier with the pillar less design.
When inside, pull the left speaker cover up on the parcel shelf, lift the foam, remove the speaker, and with the holes in the metal work, you can find and pull on the wire for the latch of the folding seats. Thus allowing access to the trunk, absolutely no damage incurred at all.
Just a note if it were to ever happen to anyone else on here... Hopefully not!
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That sounds like a pain in the ***. Good to know though.
It's good that newer cars with bluetooth keys won't let you close the trunk with the key in there. I know...I tried accidentally
It's good that newer cars with bluetooth keys won't let you close the trunk with the key in there. I know...I tried accidentally
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 434
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From: Midlands, UK
CLK W209
Haha lucky you! I believe the MB keyless go keys won't allow them to lock whilst inside the car, but mine doesn't have it... Total faff though. Particularly when you happen to be in a different region with the car, locked out in England while the spare is in Wales :|
