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Trunk won’t close

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prius Technical Discussion' started by DanuteD, Oct 18, 2024.

  1. DanuteD

    DanuteD New Member

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    Found this morning my car with trunk open…can’t close it with any of the buttons. The garage door is too low, so can’t even get out.
    Toyota emergency or the dealer were no help
    Any ideas how to close the trunk?
    Thanks
     
    #1 DanuteD, Oct 18, 2024
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    Idiocracy creeps up slowly.

    In the olden days when someone's trunk wouldn't close they'd grab some cord, string, bungee, you know, any sort of rope-like item and lash the trunk to where it meets the bottom.

    While it will not be a fully secure and locked trunk, it will allow you to exit your garage.
     
    #2 soft_r, Oct 19, 2024
  3. Hammersmith

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    Take your hands, place them on the hatch, push down until it closes.

    When the hatch has lost its memory for some reason(like when the battery is disconnected), the hatch needs to be closed manually the first time. After that it should operate as normal.
     
    #3 Hammersmith, Oct 19, 2024
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  4. DanuteD

    DanuteD New Member

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    Hammersmith,
    Thank you so much for your text!
    I did that but apparently the open trunk or something else drained my battery and I had to jumpstart the car.
    A Toyota rep was saying that it was the light in the trunk that exhausted the battery. The manual says that light stays on only 20 min and probably should not be blamed.
    The dealer says that everything is ok with the battery.
    It’s a puzzle-brand new car and had to be jumpstarted for the second time now
     
    #4 DanuteD, Oct 22, 2024
  5. DanuteD

    DanuteD New Member

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    I know it !!!
    I totally don’t understand why in the world Toyota has 4 different buttons to open/close that ridiculously small trunk!
    I am also afraid to damage an expensive sensor or a camera or some other piece of electronics.
     
    #5 DanuteD, Oct 22, 2024
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    It will feel like you're fighting against the system but it's designed to be able to be done, just push it down and it'll probably work fine after :)
     
    #6 Pixelfenix, Oct 23, 2024
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