Can’t get in trunk
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Can’t get in trunk
I bought my 97 civic ex a couple weeks back the owner only had one key which I beleive is the valet key I can not unlock my trunk. The key cylinder to the seats is mangled and can’t get in this way neither. I have bought a trunk lock cylinder from the salvage yard. Can I drill out the lock cylinder and have this new one re keyed to match the key I got? Or is there another way I could get to the trunk. Maybe the bottom seats. And the trunk latch is disconnected.
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Re: Can’t get in trunk
I suggest you go to the junkyard, get another key cylinder for the trunk and the rear seat, go to a lock smith and have them rekey both, find someone like popalock service to pick or open the rear trunk, replace both key cylinders and be down.
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Re: Can’t get in trunk
Yeah I can pull the lever on the driver side nothing happens so I’m assuming it’s not attached at the lever or the cylinder to the back seat. I took a flat head and hammer to the trunk lock cylinder that ain’t working neither. Only thing I haven’t done yet is tried drilling it out.
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