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Trunk Lock Preventing Use of Trunk

Griffon

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Nov 13, 2008
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When I first purchased my 97 ford contour gl I was asked to open the trunk. I tried to do so with the key but it was very difficult to turn. The owner tried and put a bit more force than I did and it opened up. At first I was a bit timid because I did not want to break the key. After a while, I got used to opening the trunk.

Now a month later the lock has failed me. I couldn't open the trunk for a half an hour of numerous attempts. FINALLY I got it open. When I went to close the trunk it would not latch shut. When I insert the key (forcefully now) you can hear little metal solenoids jiggling around/falling. The lock has to be broken. I can't really turn it to the closed position fully it's sort of just stuck in an intermediate position.

My question is, where do I go to get this fixed? Can I do this myself? I have never encountered this experience before. I wish the darned thing had a remote opener!
 
It probably only needs to be lubed and freed up Get some liquid wrench and spray it good to free up the corroded lock parts, then us a good lube spray lithium grease.
 
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