Solved: Trunk lock/release on 93 100CSQ?
Lawrence C Leung
l.leung at juno.com
Tue Nov 14 18:54:52 EST 2000
Sad to say, but the "Valet" key is just a regular key in a width that is
too wide to fit the trunk, gas cap and glovebox key slots. If a "Valet"
wants into any of these, all they need is a key machine and standard
blanks.
LL - NY
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000 14:46:44 -0500 Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> writes:
>I'll bet you'll find that that's a security feature. You're supposed
>to be
>able to lock the trunk with the master key and then hand a "valet" key
>that
>will operate the doors and ignition but not the trunk (and possibly
>not the
>glove box either).
>
>
>At 11:08 AM 11/14/2000 -0800, Fisher, Scott wrote:
>
>>I drove home, got the key from my wife, and opened the trunk.
>>
>>I'll check the manual to see whether it's the expected behavior, but
>it
>>appears that if you lock the trunk with the key, then lock the car
>from the
>>driver's door, the trunk stays locked even after you subsequently
>unlock the
>>car from the driver's door. I haven't yet tried the case with trunk
>>unlocked/car locked from door to see if the trunk opens when I unlock
>the
>>car from the driver's door. I'm just satisfied that we'll be able to
>put
>>our gear in the trunk before the trip, and then take it out again
>when we
>>arrive.
>>
>>--Scott Fisher
>> Sunnyvale, California
>>
>>
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