Opening Trunk with dead battery

[Tiger]

My friend just went through tons of hassle to get the trunk to open because
he disconnected the battery and shut the trunk. We just found out from
Meredes Roadside Assistance that the truck is to put in the key, turn all
the way to left, push the button in... AND PUSH THE TRUNK DOWN to open it
up.

Older mercedes don't need to do this... when we push the button, it pops
open the trunk. The newer MB has the electric button to replease the trunk
for us.

There you go... if you can remember it... LOL.

[Roland Franzius]

Post by Tiger
My friend just went through tons of hassle to get the trunk to open because
he disconnected the battery and shut the trunk. We just found out from
Meredes Roadside Assistance that the truck is to put in the key, turn all
the way to left, push the button in... AND PUSH THE TRUNK DOWN to open it
up.
Older mercedes don't need to do this... when we push the button, it pops
open the trunk. The newer MB has the electric button to replease the trunk
for us.
There you go... if you can remember it... LOL.

Whenever you choose to turn the trunk key to the right in order to save
your baggage overnight you should be used to the procedure.

The pneumatic trunk lock does not prevent to open the trunk from inside
the car via breaking a window.

[DAS]

Interesting. I will try that. I was concerned about the apparent inability
to dead-lock the boot with the 'newer' cars (my CLK Cab is 10 years old this
month - collected from Bremen in May 01...).

A dealer told me it was impossible. The physical key fitted in the fob was
only for the glove compartment, supposedly.

Mind you, I admit to only discovering some lesser features about my car only
years after getting it. The user manual is far too big to read from cover
to cover (though I did try), and the main functions (accelarator, breaks
etc) are easily found... :-)

One was the window lifter. Press the button lightly and one can control the
window position. Press it hard briefly and the window goes all the way to
the end (open or closed) on its own... duh...

DAS
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Post by Roland Franzius
Whenever you choose to turn the trunk key to the right in order to save
your baggage overnight you should be used to the procedure.
The pneumatic trunk lock does not prevent to open the trunk from inside
the car via breaking a window.
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Roland Franzius

[Roland Franzius]

Post by DAS
Interesting. I will try that. I was concerned about the apparent inability
to dead-lock the boot with the 'newer' cars (my CLK Cab is 10 years old this
month - collected from Bremen in May 01...).
A dealer told me it was impossible. The physical key fitted in the fob was
only for the glove compartment, supposedly.
Mind you, I admit to only discovering some lesser features about my car only
years after getting it. The user manual is far too big to read from cover
to cover (though I did try), and the main functions (accelarator, breaks
etc) are easily found... :-)
One was the window lifter. Press the button lightly and one can control the
window position. Press it hard briefly and the window goes all the way to
the end (open or closed) on its own... duh...

I just went through the key chapters because one key was lost. So, for
the late W202 and the correspondig E-class, I found out, you may switch
the central locking system using the remote key to a second mode.

It unlocks the drivers door, then, with a single click and the other
doors with a double click.

The metal key unlocks the drivers door mechanically but the other doors
unlock if you open the door.

The inverse doesn't seem work, you have to lock them all by hand if you
drive with the service key without remote control. So I switched them to
not to the stay closed mode.

[DAS]

Noted... and I can't spell... it should have been "accelerator, brakes.."

I am becoming very old and forgetful... hard to imagine that English
Language was my second-best subject at what was then GCE O-Level.

DAS
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Post by DAS
Interesting. I will try that. I was concerned about the apparent inability
to dead-lock the boot with the 'newer' cars (my CLK Cab is 10 years old this
month - collected from Bremen in May 01...).
A dealer told me it was impossible. The physical key fitted in the fob was
only for the glove compartment, supposedly.
Mind you, I admit to only discovering some lesser features about my car only
years after getting it. The user manual is far too big to read from cover
to cover (though I did try), and the main functions (accelarator, breaks
etc) are easily found... :-)
One was the window lifter. Press the button lightly and one can control the
window position. Press it hard briefly and the window goes all the way to
the end (open or closed) on its own... duh...

I just went through the key chapters because one key was lost. So, for the
late W202 and the correspondig E-class, I found out, you may switch the
central locking system using the remote key to a second mode.
It unlocks the drivers door, then, with a single click and the other doors
with a double click.
The metal key unlocks the drivers door mechanically but the other doors
unlock if you open the door.
The inverse doesn't seem work, you have to lock them all by hand if you
drive with the service key without remote control. So I switched them to
not to the stay closed mode.
--
Roland Franzius