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Will my trunk/hood releases NOT work with a battery at 10.5V (no load)? grant - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 10:56:03 am |
At that voltage... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 2:25:44 pm |
Follow up. one MY2000, are the inside release levers electrical or cable operated? grant - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 2:25:52 pm |
The ... Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 2:36:36 pm |
So i'm still a bit confused grant - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 3:00:08 pm |
Based on what you posted... MarcW - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 5:04:12 pm |
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1. My rear trunk opens either with the inside lever or (get this) with the key. So it must be partly electric
2. The lever did not work with the 10.5V battery
3. The lever did not work with my good car connected via jumpers
4. The key did work with the jumpers
When i released the front hood last night i thought i heard the normal solenoid-slide sound.
So are they BOTH mechanical and electrical?
Grant
Play-by-play grant - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 5:59:13 pm |
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grant
1. My rear trunk opens either with the inside lever or (get this) with the key. So it must be partly electric
2. The lever did not work with the 10.5V battery
3. The lever did not work with my good car connected via jumpers
4. The key did work with the jumpers
When i released the front hood last night i thought i heard the normal solenoid-slide sound.
So are they BOTH mechanical and electrical?
Grant
and so I understand it correctly, let me state it again: The lever does not work with good electric power, yet the key worked with good electric power.
Grant --> Yes, although i now wonder if in the interim the battery charged just enough.....
This strongly points to the lever as being mechanical while the key works with an electrical solenoid (ultimately controlled by a signal from the car's security module). Or possibly the lever controls an electrical switch that then works the latch electrically.
Grant --> Yep. Both possibilities. The MY00 owners manual states that the front trunk cannot open with a dead battery, so that suggests cable activates solenoid....
In both cases, then, the behavior of the lever suggests there is a mechanical problem with the lever. Either the mechanical connection to the latch is faulty or the mechanical connection to the switch that activates the solenoid is faulty.
Grant --> Yep. Just trying to narrow my issues.
Your car is a bit different from mine. In my 02 the trunk lids can be opened via a key module button or by a small switch on the sill next to the driver's seat.
Grant --> Just like my My04. This is different (hey Bruce - help!)
There is AFAIK no mechanical connection between these switches -- the swtiches are too small and have too light a feel to have any substantial mechanical features -- and the latches they operate. There is a small back up cable located under each bumper that works mechanically to unlatch the trunk.
Re: So i'm still a bit confused Pedro (Odessa, FL) - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 5:52:25 pm |
That makes perfect sense. Also, thanks for clarifying re: the mechanical action. Got it. *NM* grant - Wednesday, 13 February, 2013, at 6:00:56 pm |