My trunk won't open if I push the trunk button inside the car on the drivers side. It also won't open if I unlock the car and use the button on the trunk, or put the key in and turn.

THE ONLY WAY I can open the trunk is to use the button on the key fob.

I couldn't find anything in the manual about a switch for valet that could possibly deactivate the trunk.


Any idea what it could be?

 

That is very odd, normally the Key is the backup to open the trunk if the car has no power. Did you do any changes to the car or this just started out of the blue? Have you check to see which fuses are for the release buttons?

 

Hmm. I'm sure you believe and experience what you are describing but I am going to go with what you are saying is not exactly the full/correct info. I can not think of any reasonable way that your trunk will open remotely but not with the key unless there is more information to be shared.

 

i'll check the fuses, but the trunk opens electronically from the keyfob, so I don't think it's the current being interrupted.

does this car have a valet switch? it's the only thing i can think of to cause the trunk not to open with the car buttons.

I also found this post on another forum that describes my exact problem.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1802429

 

E60s don't have a valet switch. The only way to keep a valet out of the trunk is to lock the trunk with the metal key in the remote. I can't imagine what circumstances would negate the metal key from opening the trunk.
GL

 

You need to concentrate on why it doesn't open with the metal key. Everything else is secondary to that. The key will open the trunk even with no battery connected.

 

THANK YOU! OKAY so I had no idea, but apparently you can just turn the key a certain way and it locks the trunk. It prevents the trunk from being opened by any switch in the car or on the trunk itself until you unlike it with the metal key. I guess I didn't turn it the right way or something, but I just went to the car and started playing with it and the trunk opens now.

Thank you everyone! I wish BMW would mention this feature somewhere in the owner's manual.

 

I found it under, "Luggage compartment lid", "Securing separately"

 

In case you didn't realize it, the metal key in the drivers door works the same way. One way to lock, the other way to unlock the car. I use this, on a rare occasion, to put my windows UP or DOWN rather than turning the car on.
My Comfort Access remote puts them down but not up (without some coding).