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Trunk is not closing ?

Old Feb 26, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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Trunk is not closing ?

Hello:

my car is been sitting in the my garage for the past 2 weeks. So when i went to start it today, the battery was dead. I jumped the battery, and i started the car, and doors closed fine. But the trunk is refusing to close, the soft close is not getting activated.
I tried to gently close it, but its not locking nor is the soft close kicking in.

Any help a.s.a.p would be appreciated?
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Old Feb 26, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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I think i might have resolved the issue.

I tried taking the soft close, and central lock fuses, but that didnt help.

Then i figured out there is a switch in the inside of the trunk behind the outside closing button to close it manually, i moved it to the side, and the trunk closed with the soft close.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 10:59 PM
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Ghost,

I tried your solution and it worked wonderfully. I wonder if I just had the car the whole time like this. My only thing is that this might cause premature death of the closing assist pump.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 11:43 PM
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snowman:

Yeah, i felt such relief, when this worked. Since my trunk wasnt closing at all, and also $$$ started flashing in my head, because of what i heard about fixing soft closing assembly.

But then again, at least in my case, the cause was the battery drained and reset everything, and i had to reset. I never had any problems with soft closing.

I dont think you will experience major problems with that. If you do, i have read, that you can take fuses in and out, when it happens, to avoid fixing it. lol
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 12:36 AM
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LOL I swear these 140's have so many quirks. It's an adventure just owning one.
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