Manual Trunk Release!
 

Hey guys I wanted to share this since some members have asked, And I saw it when I was wiring up the third light.

There is a cable with a handle held in place with Velcro. It is supposed to be used in the event their's NO power and access to the trunk is required.

I hope this helps.

Pic one shows the handle uncovered by the carpet I used a red tag to show the location.

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Pretty sure it is also in case someone is locked in the trunk. Believe it is now a law that there is some sort of emergency unlock somewhere in the truck. My Mazda's actually glows in the dark.

I'm pretty sure you're right on that also.

If you did get locked in there the wouldn't be a chance in hell that you would see it. Ha ha.

If anyone gets locked in our trunk (assuming OP does have a coupe and not the roadster) and can't get out, they have more serious issues than needing to find that manual release. I could understand on the roadster, but there is seriously no way you could ever get locked in our "trunk". On the coupe I think it is for as Triple's said; in case you need to get it open and there is no power.

I've corrected the first post and title to reflect that its just for the event of power loss and not necessarily an Emergency.

Yeah I've used mine on power loss before actually. My battery breaker/cutoff is in the trunk, and once I switched off the battery there while working on the car and then closed the trunk lid :shakes head:. Doors still open though, so just had to reach through for that trunk pull cord.

Neat.

So in theory this could be modified so you have a manual release on hand?

Seems like it. I think we discussed the idea once in some other thread somewhere. It's just a simple mechanical pull-cable, you'd just need to extend it a few feet and find a way to secure it in place, say along the outer bottom of the driver's seat along the floor where you can reach it or something.

Lol true story.

thanks for posting this. i recently removed the rear bumper, closed the trunk and said hmm how do i get this bugger open without the button...needless to say i had to hold up the bumper and reconnect the switch to open it...FAIL! but this is very helpful.

You're white!? :eek: :p

Wut??

Interesting question to ask. Trying to parse the implications....

Thanks for Posting
 

Thanks for posting this. Did not know how this could be fixed without pulling out pieces of the interior!

What was Manual doing in the trunk, anyway? :ugh2:

I'm still playing with the idea of an electronic release in the cabin.

That sounds awesome, despite not being able to think of a time I would have used it. The Z can carry so little I don't think I am often driving it when I plan to be carrying anything more than a backpack.

I've spent so much time trying to figure out how to make this work and it seems to be stupidly easy. Gray wire in pin 36 of the 40-pin gray plug of the BCM is the trunk pin and it just needs to see a negative pulse in order to pop it open. Now I just want to make sure it rests at ~12 volts and drops to 0 when the hatch release is pressed. If that's the case, it seriously might just need one wire spliced into that gray wire and the other wire attached to ground.

Now if I get that working, I want to play with getting an actuator in there to really pop it open.

You may need a current limiting resistor. FSM will have wiring diagram; you should be able to determine if resistor is necessary there.

See also: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=sinking+input

not trying to sound like an *** but I know this stuff. Like I said I need to do more testing. I do this stuff as a job haha

Just looked it up in Mitchell. It just needs to see ground at that wire at the BCM. no resistor required. Once the switch makes contact, the gray wire hits ground in the left rear of the hatch.

I'm going to play tomorrow