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Old May 27, 2009 | 12:09 AM
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Default Door locks went out. Trunk is stuck shut!

So I bought the Audi from hell 6 months ago. Here's a small list of what we have been through together.

CEL came on 2 weeks after I bought it
Air bag light came on 3 weeks after I bought it
Heater has never worked
HID headlight went out
CTS went out
Replaced 4 coil packs
Rear view mirror leaked the fluid all over my console ruining the paint
Glove box hydraulics broke so now the glove box just falls

and now the door locks went out. I think the actuator box is in the trunk. But my trunk is locked shut! I can't get the key to unlock the trunk. Any other ideas??
 
Old May 27, 2009 | 07:56 AM
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What year is your car? Because the glove box shock just uses air, could just be a bad o-ring seal. If you need one I have one from my car that I no longer use seeing that my glove box wont go back into the car because of my full cage.


Do you hear the lock air pump at all? You can pop the trunk from the inside just by pulling/pushing the arm upward.
 
Old May 27, 2009 | 08:02 AM
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OMG how are you gonna get the trunk monkey out?!!!!!
 
Old May 27, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Take it to Suburban auto group .
 
Old May 27, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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Ok i can help a lil bit here... as far as the trunk not opening is the push button stuck in or is it just not popping when you oush it all the way in? mine was stuck in when i bought it and for some reason there was no safety handle inside the trunk. and my key would aslo not unlock the trunk manually. so i took the plastics and interior of the inside of the trunk and released the the lid latch with a screw driver just like a regular car door. then i took the interior off the inside of the trunk lid and pulled the actuator out and cleaned all the gears and greased the plastic gears.. it worked fine after that.. if all your doors dont open check the fuse your manual states what fuse is for what...
 
Old May 28, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Well I was in a hurry to get the glove box down so I pulled on it and must have broke the o-ring seal.

Where is the emergency release for the trunk? Do I have to go in through the back seats or something?
 
Old May 29, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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bumpp
 
Old May 30, 2009 | 01:59 PM
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Have to go thru the back seat and pull the latch arm up to pop the trunk.
 
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