Boot Opening (trunk to you yanks )

paininthenuts · Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:49 pm

SteveYoung wrote:UK

Aagghh. Well if the dealer can't handle it, I will let you do it

Woodie · Sat Jun 07, 2014 12:23 pm

paininthenuts wrote:That's great. I have contacted my local Suzuki dealer and they will be doing it for me. Sorry, what country are you from ?

It surprises me that they would do this. If there's a legal reason that Suzuki went out of their way to disable this feature, how can the dealer, acting as an agent of the manufacturer, re-enable it?

SamirD · Sat Jun 07, 2014 3:30 pm

Woodie wrote:
paininthenuts wrote:That's great. I have contacted my local Suzuki dealer and they will be doing it for me. Sorry, what country are you from ?
It surprises me that they would do this. If there's a legal reason that Suzuki went out of their way to disable this feature, how can the dealer, acting as an agent of the manufacturer, re-enable it?

I think someone mentioned it in this or another thread that it was to prevent people opening the trunks while stopped in traffic (which I could see could be a serious problem in dense metro areas anywhere in the world).

As far as legality, that would depend on the country's laws. In the US, if any work done by the dealer is seen as independent from the manufacturer, even when a manufacturer repair center, then the liability falls only on the dealer, and the dealer will more than likely have liability release. In other parts of the world, maybe not because there is no liability. Laws get really complicated when talking about the world at large.

paininthenuts · Sat Jun 07, 2014 6:53 pm

Woodie wrote:
paininthenuts wrote:That's great. I have contacted my local Suzuki dealer and they will be doing it for me. Sorry, what country are you from ?
It surprises me that they would do this. If there's a legal reason that Suzuki went out of their way to disable this feature, how can the dealer, acting as an agent of the manufacturer, re-enable it?

It's not a legal issue. Other new cars sold in the UK don't have this problem, it was just a decision made by Suzuki. Technically speaking it may be an insurance issue, but the chances of somebody steeling something from my boot when I am in it is quite remote, and if they did, I would cave their head in.

Anyway, I thought I would have a go this morning. I undid the two screws and started to ease the panel off. The top part started to come away, but it then became very difficult. I was afraid of breaking anything, so I put it back to together.

paininthenuts · Sun Jun 08, 2014 11:45 am

SteveYoung wrote:Remove panel below dashboard, two screws underneath and clips at the top. Then pull the panel with the starter and 4 switches out, it comes out forward. Then look through the hole where the 4 switches were. Fastened up at the right hand side, with a cable tie which is clipped to a hole in a metal frame, is a plug wrapped in self adhesive foam. Prise the cable tie away from the metal panel, then pull the plug through the hole in the dash. Cut the cable tie off the plug, peel the self adhesive foam off, then plug into the back of the boot release. Replace the switch panel, replace the lower dashboard cover. Remove the dummy cover from the boot release switch - if it has one. Hey presto, functioning switch with illumination.

Strange. I took the panel off and there is no plug. I could even see the hole in the frame you refer to, but no plug.

SamirD · Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:38 am

Depending on if there's a year difference, they may have eliminated the cable completely in yours.

paininthenuts · Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:20 pm

SamirD wrote:Depending on if there's a year difference, they may have eliminated the cable completely in yours.

Mine was registered this year, but no idea when it was made.

Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:58 pm

paininthenuts wrote:
SamirD wrote:Depending on if there's a year difference, they may have eliminated the cable completely in yours.
Mine was registered this year, but no idea when it was made.

In the driver's door well, there should be a placard with info on the car like vehicle weight, tire pressure, etc. It also includes a month and year. This corresponds to the month and year the vehicle was manufactured.

SamirD · Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:02 am

SamirD wrote:I think someone mentioned it in this or another thread that it was to prevent people opening the trunks while stopped in traffic (which I could see could be a serious problem in dense metro areas anywhere in the world).

I actually had my wife try this while I was in the car--you can't open it. So I don't know why they would have disabled it.