[dynamite]

Dear Friends

I think i have a big issue with my OG M2. In some way my trunk lock failed and i cannot open the trunk. Does anybody know how to get into trunk from inside by removing the rear seats ? Release handles are also inside of the trunk.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Regards

[TripleU]

Simply Car Things made a video on his 235i trunk failing.

[dynamite]

Thanks a lot, seems pita to work on it. What a bad design.

[DanG]

Did you try the trunk release near the drivers side door? It is right above the hood release.

[F87source]

If you have the rear ski pass through or cargo pass through fold that down and use a stick to push the rear seat release. If you cannot get to the rear seat release use a stick to pull the trunk release, this is tricky because it is hard to get it to release from the little clip and then hold on to the handle. I used a mini knee hockey stick attached to a broom and could reach and loop it through the handle and have it hook tightly enough I could pull.


Otherwise that center pass through is actually quite big and someone really skinny could crawl in.

[dynamite]

Unfortunatelt my car doesnt have any center or ski pass to rear. Also dont have anything above hood release.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by dynamite

Unfortunatelt my car doesnt have any center or ski pass to rear. Also dont have anything above hood release.

Should have a release like in the photo.

[RocketBoots]

Originally Posted by DanG

Should have a release like in the photo.

I have those same dirt marks by my trunk release!

But seriously, I've always felt this was a pretty big design flaw in modern cars, to not have a physical key hole to open the trunk; or some kind of mechanical pull lever to be able to open the trunk without battery power.

You may have to just drill a hole in the trunk lid, and get a new trunk lid. You can't access the trunk by removing the back seats; they have that hook that locks on to the back seat.

[DanG]

Originally Posted by RocketBoots

I have those same dirt marks by my trunk release!

But seriously, I've always felt this was a pretty big design flaw in modern cars, to not have a physical key hole to open the trunk; or some kind of mechanical pull lever to be able to open the trunk without battery power.

You may have to just drill a hole in the trunk lid, and get a new trunk lid. You can't access the trunk by removing the back seats; they have that hook that locks on to the back seat.

It is a rainy day today or I would have cleaned the the dirt marks.

[F87source]

Originally Posted by RocketBoots

I have those same dirt marks by my trunk release!

But seriously, I've always felt this was a pretty big design flaw in modern cars, to not have a physical key hole to open the trunk; or some kind of mechanical pull lever to be able to open the trunk without battery power.

You may have to just drill a hole in the trunk lid, and get a new trunk lid. You can't access the trunk by removing the back seats; they have that hook that locks on to the back seat.

Yeah it's stupid bmw didn't put a key release like they used to have.

[Poochie]

Originally Posted by DanG

Should have a release like in the photo.

Some regions doesn't have a trunk release button there, neither do they have the US-required emergency trunk release pull handle, you have only the remote - dirt seems to be standard though..




.

[dynamite]

I also wonder about how to unlock the broken release after get inside. There is ni emergency release.

[detroitm2]

Funny this topic came up. I was at the dealership getting a track inspection done the other day, and some guy was in there all day waiting for his car due to a broke key cylinder in the trunk. They had to drill it out to get inside.

[dynamite]

That would be the last resort 😊

[dynamite]

Yes fortunately i could locate the handle with a metal pushrod and release the seats. However, i cannot open the lock mechanism. It seems lock got stucked.

[icloudfiles]

What did you end up doing? In the same situation

[icloudfiles]

Ofcourse it was the trunk switch in the glove box that I didn’t know about after 2 years of ownership. Duh!

[AaronCompNetSys]

Originally Posted by dynamite

Dear Friends

I think i have a big issue with my OG M2. In some way my trunk lock failed and i cannot open the trunk. Does anybody know how to get into trunk from inside by removing the rear seats ? Release handles are also inside of the trunk.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Regards

This is the top Google result for this problem. Can you update your first post that everyone needs to check the lockout switch in their glove box?

I've owned the car for 3 years and never seen the switch, never operated it. A passenger operated the switch and locked me out and I spent an hour trying to figure it out.