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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