I'm in a REAL bad pinch... I'm supposed to leave in two days on a family trip in my e300d, but suddenly today the trunk won't open.

- button on the center console doesn't do anything
- button on the keyless entry doesn't do anything
- trunk button doesn't do anything

The key slot in the trunk button has NEVER been used since I bought the car (3 years) and I can't even get the key in it. I have a feeling the central lock isn't unlocking the trunk... any ideas?!

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Jake
1999 e300d PlantDrive WVO/SVO conversion
**note to self: oil changed at 268k kms**
1990 Toyota 4Runner FrankenDiesel swap

I don't know your car, but if the rear seat back can be removed, you may be able to open the trunk with the emergency release. At some point it's got to be opened. If it's vacuum related, that will be where you'll likely need to access the fitting. Off chance you might get lucky and it's just bound up on something and not allowing it to release (not that i ever had a jacket sleeve stuck in a trunk seal causing the latch to bind....might have been a sweatshirt!!)

Good luck.

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Earl McLain
'02 C230 Kompressor
'89 560 SEL "Frau BlueCar" (retired April 2004)