Help! Lemee Outa Here.

[Jeff Wisnia]

Is it just me, or does this make no sense to others here?

For the last couple of months when following SWMBO's car at night I
noticed that one end of the illuminated red panel across the trunk lid
of her car didn't seem lit as brightly as the rest of that strip.

I figgered (correctly) that a bulb had failed and finally set out to
change it today.

I had to unfasten a stiff-carpet like liner from the inside of the car's
trunk lid to gain access to seven nuts which secured the light assembly
to the trunk lid so that I could remove it and reach the bulb sockets on
it's backside.

The job went OK and I was pleased to find that my "hell box" of auto
bulbs and fuses held the exact bulb I needed to finish the job without
having to make a trip to a parts store.

Now to my point...

UNDER the carpet like trunk lid liner I noticed the emergency trunk
release handle which could let someone trapped in the trunk escape.

But, how the hell would somebody who didn't know that emergency handle
was hidden by the trunk lid liner possibly think to try and reach it by
ripping the liner off? (There is no opening in the liner to reach that
handle through.)

FWIW SWMBO's jalopy is a 2003 Buick Century which she's still driving
because it had less than 90,000 miles on it.

Jeff

[Jeff Wisnia]

Post by Jeff Wisnia
Is it just me, or does this make no sense to others here?
For the last couple of months when following SWMBO's car at night I
noticed that one end of the illuminated red panel across the trunk lid
of her car didn't seem lit as brightly as the rest of that strip.
I figgered (correctly) that a bulb had failed and finally set out to
change it today.
I had to unfasten a stiff-carpet like liner from the inside of the car's
trunk lid to gain access to seven nuts which secured the light assembly
to the trunk lid so that I could remove it and reach the bulb sockets on
it's backside.
The job went OK and I was pleased to find that my "hell box" of auto
bulbs and fuses held the exact bulb I needed to finish the job without
having to make a trip to a parts store.
Now to my point...
UNDER the carpet like trunk lid liner I noticed the emergency trunk
release handle which could let someone trapped in the trunk escape.
But, how the hell would somebody who didn't know that emergency handle
was hidden by the trunk lid liner possibly think to try and reach it by
ripping the liner off? (There is no opening in the liner to reach that
handle through.)
FWIW SWMBO's jalopy is a 2003 Buick Century which she's still driving
because it had less than 90,000 miles on it.
Jeff

I forgot to mention that before I finished up today I cut a hole in the
trunk lid liner to expose the emergency release handle so it could be
"located by feel" by someone stuck in the trunk.

Jeff

[Steve W.]

Post by Jeff Wisnia
Is it just me, or does this make no sense to others here?
For the last couple of months when following SWMBO's car at night I
noticed that one end of the illuminated red panel across the trunk lid
of her car didn't seem lit as brightly as the rest of that strip.
I figgered (correctly) that a bulb had failed and finally set out to
change it today.
I had to unfasten a stiff-carpet like liner from the inside of the car's
trunk lid to gain access to seven nuts which secured the light assembly
to the trunk lid so that I could remove it and reach the bulb sockets on
it's backside.
The job went OK and I was pleased to find that my "hell box" of auto
bulbs and fuses held the exact bulb I needed to finish the job without
having to make a trip to a parts store.
Now to my point...
UNDER the carpet like trunk lid liner I noticed the emergency trunk
release handle which could let someone trapped in the trunk escape.
But, how the hell would somebody who didn't know that emergency handle
was hidden by the trunk lid liner possibly think to try and reach it by
ripping the liner off? (There is no opening in the liner to reach that
handle through.)
FWIW SWMBO's jalopy is a 2003 Buick Century which she's still driving
because it had less than 90,000 miles on it.
Jeff

Sounds like the wifes Liberty. It's a damn SUV. No possible way you
could get "locked in the trunk" It doesn't have one!! But stamped into
the rear gate plastic is an outline that the owners manual tells you is
the access to the rear gate emergency release! What it doesn't say is
that the release does unlatch the gate, BUT it doesn't release the glass
that latches into the top of the gate !!

Just a brilliant design all around...