Valet key - lock - thing
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Valet key - lock - thing
The thing on the floor next to the fuel cover release that is SUPPOSED to engage/disengage the Valet function (or something like that) has NEVER worked on my 93 EJ2... Any suggestions or comments? Perhaps an explanation of what it is supposed to do?
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Re: Valet key - lock - thing
lol. The idea is that you can put valuable things in the trunk, then give the valet the valet key, which will allow him to start and drive the car, but not open the trunk.
Try locking that using your NORMAL key, and see if you can use the remote trunk release lever. It shouldn't work. Then try unlocking it with the valet key. That also shouldn't work. Then try unlocking the trunk or the folddown seatback with the valet key. Also shouldn't work.
It's basically a key that disallows trunk access.
Try locking that using your NORMAL key, and see if you can use the remote trunk release lever. It shouldn't work. Then try unlocking it with the valet key. That also shouldn't work. Then try unlocking the trunk or the folddown seatback with the valet key. Also shouldn't work.
It's basically a key that disallows trunk access.
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Re: Valet key - lock - thing
My EK (I know, I know, EJ8) has a trunk lockout on the front driver's side floor next to the trunk release, and a trunk lock on the back dash between the speakers.
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Re: Valet key - lock - thing
yup by the driver's seat where the trunk release is and also on the rear deck, also I like the feature where your in the back and just reach in and pull the two handles and you can put the seats down that way too.
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Thanks guys... it seems pretty obvious now.
The problem is that I can put the key in, but it doesn't turn. I've tried penetrating solvents, wool wax, etc. and still no-go... Is there a cable involved (like the hood release) that might have seized?
I know it seems trivial, but I don't like having anything on my car that doesn't work properly.
The problem is that I can put the key in, but it doesn't turn. I've tried penetrating solvents, wool wax, etc. and still no-go... Is there a cable involved (like the hood release) that might have seized?
I know it seems trivial, but I don't like having anything on my car that doesn't work properly.
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318 Curves, 11 miles
Re: Valet key - lock - thing
Thanks guys... it seems pretty obvious now.
The problem is that I can put the key in, but it doesn't turn. I've tried penetrating solvents, wool wax, etc. and still no-go... Is there a cable involved (like the hood release) that might have seized?
I know it seems trivial, but I don't like having anything on my car that doesn't work properly.
The problem is that I can put the key in, but it doesn't turn. I've tried penetrating solvents, wool wax, etc. and still no-go... Is there a cable involved (like the hood release) that might have seized?
I know it seems trivial, but I don't like having anything on my car that doesn't work properly.
See if it'll open your door and start your car. That's ALL it should do.
Regular key works in all locks/ignition. Valet key ONLY works in the doors/ignition. That's it. No trunk. No seat folddown. Nothing more complicated than that.
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Yeah, does the key open the trunk & glove box? If so, then it's most likely the master key & there's something wrong with the lockout. If not, then you only have the valet key.
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Sooo.... If the key will not turn, assuming there is nothing wrong with the key, what is likely the problem???
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Re: Valet key - lock - thing
If it opens the trunk it should be the master key. Maybe it is locked up under the cover. Haven't taken one apart myself, so no idea what the actual problem is.
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