Rear trunk release button mod from inside.

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I just realized you've tapes into the switch loop/in residential talk/ I've got to try this!!!!!!!!! If it works.My idea is to install a keyed lock/switch so I can open from outside.

If this works/I want to have a keyed switch operate from the outside!

 

I did it too, but I put in 2 switches, and a string on the latch.

 

If the rear hatch can be triggered with only 9v, I might have a way that you can trigger the rear hatch to open when the battery is dead using a 9v battery. where you put the battery connector is up to you.

 

Got me thinking. Man, might be a cool magnetic reed emergency switch for the lazy. Add like a 9V rechargeable battery with a charger to trickle charge and like with a magnetic reed switch to use in an emergency.

 

great idea, and simple and easy to implement!

 

Quick correction: a 9V battery won’t cut it for the hatch release. Eight AA cells in series (~12V) will, and they’re easy to grab in a pinch. Bigger picture, I want this built-in so if the 12V dies I can still pop the hatch to jump it—no hiking 12 miles for batteries. For now I’ve got my automation wired to a relay on the rear hatch switch so I can hit a button on my remote to open the hatch, leave the car in READY, and lock/unlock from the same remote like you would from inside.

Next experiment: I picked up a couple DC-to-DC boost converter modules to see if I can boost a single 9V up to a clean 12V just long enough to pop the hatch. I’ll add Schottky diodes so the “emergency 12V” is isolated to the hatch circuit and doesn’t backfeed the rest of the car—keep all power strictly on the latch mechanism.

Also, this is the perfect task for the new supercomputer/AI system I’m setting up. I’m feeding it every technical/wiring/workshop document I can find for hybrid vehicles so it can help map out things like this, generate wire-harness diagrams for engine and ECU swaps, and make the “how to wire it so it works” part easy. I’ll also be making ECU brain dumps so the system has the exact coding for specific ECUs.

Up next: motorized struts for powered open/close.