View Full Version : I can't open the trunck !!
Misho
08-17-2005, 06:03 PM
Ok guys, I need your help on this one. I noticed that my every time my dad's friend wants to open the trunck (boot) of his 2005 BMW 525d, he turns the car off, pulls the key out and uses the button on it to open it. Obviously i told him there must be an easier way, but he is insisting this is the only way. I looked around and couldnt find any "release" buttons.
Any ideas ??
my porsche
08-17-2005, 06:09 PM
its a bmw...theres always SOMETHING weird :D
spi-ti-tout
08-17-2005, 06:12 PM
BANGle IT DAMMIT :D
scottie300z
08-17-2005, 06:35 PM
why does he have to pull the keys out or turn it off? couldnt he just hit the button on the keys just as easy?
Egg Nog
08-17-2005, 06:36 PM
The trunk is probably too sore to open, since the car got so brutally beaten by the ugly stick.
Juggs
08-17-2005, 07:11 PM
check in the glove box
Esperante
08-17-2005, 07:17 PM
Well, the design of the modern BMW's leads me to believe that the old 5 series surplus cars where ran into various object on all angles, so it wouldn't be surprising if any of the body pieces are jamming the release mechanism.
white devil
08-17-2005, 07:27 PM
Ok guys, I need your help on this one. I noticed that my every time my dad's friend wants to open the trunck (boot) of his 2005 BMW 525d, he turns the car off, pulls the key out and uses the button on it to open it. Obviously i told him there must be an easier way, but he is insisting this is the only way. I looked around and couldnt find any "release" buttons.
Any ideas ??
I dont think BMW would make such a mistake their should be an other may in the old 5 their used to be a butum under the steering wheel maybe he could find somthing their and if not let him call the dealer and tell him where the butom is cause i dont find any reason why their shouldnt be an other way
ScionDriver
08-17-2005, 09:10 PM
What about the....*gulp* dare I say......instruction manual... :eek: it has got to say where it is.
some times cars have there boot realease button in strange places
he should try looking for it in places other than the dash board
In the E39 5 touring there was a button under the rear wiper (I think this is the name of that stuff you turn on when it rain), at least to open the rear glass. For the whole trunk try to touch the "hidden" space between the BMW symbol and the rear plate, there should be something
ruim20
08-18-2005, 05:33 AM
Or try to look in the bottom of the door near the floor, usually there are some buttons there... it's got to have a button to open the trunk somewhere...
Esperante
08-18-2005, 08:02 AM
Shame the backseats don't fold down, I'm guessing.
Rockefella
08-18-2005, 09:13 AM
I'm guessing under/to the side of the driver's seat, or in some unexpected spot on the dash.
Mustang
08-18-2005, 10:08 AM
hammer ?
screwdriver ?
crowbar ??
gas bottles ??
h00t_h00t
08-18-2005, 03:55 PM
You just aren't elite enough to have a BMW with a working boot, sorry.
Just kick it.
ZeTurbo
08-20-2005, 01:25 PM
my friend has a 2002 cavalier and it does not open from the inside either( dont worry, we cheked... for a lloooong time). In his case its even worst, he has to get OUT of the car and open it with his key.
Now i would think these kind of mistaked would be common in economy cars and not in 50K pllus machines.
Egg Nog
08-20-2005, 01:28 PM
Every time I buy a Porsche, a week later the passenger door stops opening from the outside. It's happened twice now, I'm 2 for 2.
Misho
08-20-2005, 02:00 PM
but that absolutely makes NO SENSE !! I just can't comprehend that they did this on purpose and i definetely cant think of it as a mistake.
i had already done all the suggestions posted in this thread and came up with nothing. even the car's owner had spent a lot of time trying to find it and was unable to.
Juggs
08-20-2005, 02:10 PM
call BMW up and ask em
ruim20
08-20-2005, 02:24 PM
Every time I buy a Porsche, a week later the passenger door stops opening from the outside. It's happened twice now, I'm 2 for 2.
A friend of mine has a 996 Turbo and from some time now he can't open the engine cover, the worst thing is it's eletricly operated, we can ear the electric motor run but the engine cover doesn't even move. pretty weird :confused:
IWantAnAudiRS6
08-20-2005, 02:27 PM
I bet it's in iDrive somewhere :p
scottie300z
08-20-2005, 02:59 PM
Remote Trunk Release Located Inside Vehicle and On Multi-Function Remote
This is for the 06 so they are either adding it or you havent found it yet.
http://www.autoweb.com/content/research/vir/index.cfm/vehicle_number_int/1016849/Action/StandardFeatures#
and i just found this
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ncap/cars/3049.html
Interior Trunk Release Std
so its supposed to be there. contact your dealer, they are the people who should know where it is. Of course it should also be in your manual.
Misho
08-21-2005, 04:32 AM
so we now know its there, just need to find it.
as for the manual, the car was brought by a Belgian citizen in Belgium. but because it was brought from a dealer located in some "french" area of the country, the manual is also in french, making it useless for both the owner and myself.
which is why, i came up with the idea that along with the hard-copy of the manual, they should distribute a CD containing all the languages.
Matra et Alpine
08-21-2005, 04:43 AM
which is why, i came up with the idea that along with the hard-copy of the manual, they should distribute a CD containing all the languages.
or keep there costs down and just make it avaiable online.
Honda UK do it for older cars workshop manuals -- http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/workshopmanuals2.html
ZeTurbo
08-21-2005, 12:40 PM
so we now know its there, just need to find it.
as for the manual, the car was brought by a Belgian citizen in Belgium. but because it was brought from a dealer located in some "french" area of the country, the manual is also in french, making it useless for both the owner and myself.
which is why, i came up with the idea that along with the hard-copy of the manual, they should distribute a CD containing all the languages.
Contact any BM<W dealer then, and ask them. buy phone or go in person.
i could call one right now and ask but im just lazy
look it up at bmw official site, and look for a dealer near you, and ask them. simple.
woodstock827
08-22-2005, 07:11 AM
just keep BANGing it and it should let "GO"..
QuattroMan
08-23-2005, 11:33 AM
why dont you take the bmw back to the dealer to see if they can do something about it,,,,
:Exige:
08-23-2005, 11:48 AM
I bet it's in iDrive somewhere :p
Lol - IDrive .. BMWs version of the Tardis :D
Misho
08-23-2005, 02:27 PM
well, its not my car so i cant actually take it to the dealer. i can recommend that to the owner though.
the same goes for calling them up, as i dont speak dutch.
IWantAnAudiRS6
08-23-2005, 02:29 PM
Lol - IDrive .. BMWs version of the Tardis :D
Ooooo w00t I can go back to the time when Chris Bangle was born and strangle him!
:Exige:
08-23-2005, 02:39 PM
Ooooo w00t I can go back to the time when Chris Bangle was born and strangle him!
Only if you can get the boot open :D
IWantAnAudiRS6
08-23-2005, 03:11 PM
*slaps head* Dammit! He put that in deliberately, didn't he?
ZeTurbo
08-25-2005, 02:26 PM
well, its not my car so i cant actually take it to the dealer. i can recommend that to the owner though.
the same goes for calling them up, as i dont speak dutch.
just call a dealer near where you live!!!
IWantAnAudiRS6
08-25-2005, 02:29 PM
Well, yeah, but you might as well sell it and get the old model- the one that wasn't designed by Stevie Wonder :p
ZeTurbo
08-30-2005, 09:07 AM
any luck yet?
Misho
08-30-2005, 11:56 AM
well, i left Belgium for a while now. and where i am right now, asking a dealer anything isnt as easy or helpful as u might think !! :)
might think about doing it though, coz its very intriguing(sp?)!!