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"Can you pop the trunk for me" *car doesn't have that feature*
No, never leave a key in the car when you get out. These are drunk, crazy pax! Also, don't pop the trunk then sit on your butt while the pax puts things in or out of the trunk. Instead, DO NOT ALLOW them to put things in or take them out. I got huge scratches on my trunk from a psycho pax after making that mistake! Claim insurance won't allow them to move things in or out and do it for them.
PAX will drag their luggage across the back end of your bumper and scratch the hell out of it in a matter of seconds. I always open my trunk manually and load bags and luggage, even though my vehicle features a full lifting solenoid that opens the trunk all of the way smoothly. I always load and unload luggage, but I have to be quick, as Pax will try to open themselves and heavy rings and jewelry can leave a lot of micro-scratches, especially after a few hundred clumsy, ham-handed pax clawing at the trunk handle.
Tell them their luggage can ride safely in the vehicle. They can ride in the trunk.
Or if they are claustrophobic, we'll happily strap them onto the roof of the car.
I have been told....."thank you for opening trunk and loading my luggage a lot of people don't " I always unload and pull handle out and get tipped very well....but then again I'm a taxi driver so I don't know anything *shrugs*
Your 09 Tucson doesn't have a trunk release. It is unlocked when the doors are unlocked. You just pull the handle and it opens. So to "pop" the trunk, hit your door unlock button.
Here ya go.
If you won't step out and regain blood circulation in your "Nether Regions", try a trunk release KIT from J.C. Whitney.( they have EVERYTHING)
THE OLD trunk releases used an electric solenoid.the new ones are mechanical.
( good for repairs also)
Maybe car manufacturers can help by:
1 - make the area around the trunk scratch proof - my mom is just as likely to drag luggage across the bumper as a pax is etc...
2 - make it super obvious WHERE to grab or push to release the trunk from outside - even i fumble to find the magic button hidden under the trunk lid when trying to open trunks on different cars
Explain to your pax that this feature is omitted in many vehicles for safety reasons ...
Think about it...
You crank your car in the garage to warm it up. Your 3 and 6 year old get in, they shut the doors. Cool. The car is fairly well sealed from the CO gas coming from the exhaust. Except, if your kids start pushing buttons, as all kids do, and open the trunk from inside the pax compartment. Now there is no seal. Now the CO is in the car. With your kids.
Does that make you want to go pull out the fuse to your newfangled trunk release button?
New? My car is only 7 years old and doesn't have an in cab trunk button, not to mention old Ford Crown Vics do, it has nothing to do with the age of the vehicle, just the model and wether the manufacturer thinks about adding that feature
I just get out and open it for them, though it does get annoying, I agree
My buddy had an older Toyota Corolla once. It was the most basic model. It didn’t have an option to open the trunk with a lever/button inside of the car. Or did it have a mirror on the passenger side door. You had to use a key to open the trunk. So probably OPs Hyundai is a basic model.
It is left off for safety. Read your owners manual. Same on every volvo after 2005 at least. To prevent CO from inadvertently getting into the car.
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