No cable

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by Idlegrip

Well. I’ve taken off both rear wheels, wheel liners , and most of the rear bumper. My car has no emergency cable. I’ve spent days crawling around with a flashlight and wire hooks. I guess I’m gonna be cutting a big hole in my trunk Lid now. Apparently there’s quite a few for sale. I’ll try out my rusty welding skills to patch it up otherwise just replace. This has sucked...

Bummer. No cable? Surely you followed the rear latch backwards for that cable?

Is there any way you can poke a tool up there to push on the latch?

What year car? If it's by cable and not electronic... have you taken apart the mechanism next to the drivers seat... and yanked on the cable? May it became disconnected fron the mechanism.

If it's electronic have you tried the wire-in-the-fusebox remedy? That usually pops it right open.

Good luck.

[Idlegrip]

Originally Posted by Starter986

Bummer. No cable? Surely you followed the rear latch backwards for that cable?

Is there any way you can poke a tool up there to push on the latch?

What year car? If it's by cable and not electronic... have you taken apart the mechanism next to the drivers seat... and yanked on the cable? May it became disconnected fron the mechanism.

If it's electronic have you tried the wire-in-the-fusebox remedy? That usually pops it right open.

Good luck.

The actuators haven’t worked in years and the cable is slack aft of the drivers door. I can pull a few inches of it. It’s disconnected

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by Idlegrip

The actuators haven’t worked in years and the cable is slack aft of the drivers door. I can pull a few inches of it. It’s disconnected

Before you go breaking out the torch maybe phone a Porsche indi... let them have a go at it.

[Idlegrip]

Originally Posted by Starter986

Before you go breaking out the torch maybe phone a Porsche indi... let them have a go at it.

Used lids are less than $200, I think this is what they’d do. Seems simplest. Just kinda dramatic...

[Qingdao]

Originally Posted by Idlegrip

Used lids are less than $200, I think this is what they’d do. Seems simplest. Just kinda dramatic...

Yeah, but then paint matching.... and if you get it re-painted to the factory color its still gonna be off next to the other panels.


Another option is to go through the hole where the wires for the engine protrude into the back of the trunk. You could then get a long pry bar in there and jam that lever.