Lord Helmet

I noticed something interesting last night…



So I was grabbing something out of Stacey’s (stawoo) trunk last night and I when I went to close it, I realized she doesn’t have a latch release located on the inside rear of the decklid like I do (that’s always where I grab mine to close it so I don’t have to touch the paint). Our cars are the same year (’01). The only difference is she’s a CL-p and mine’s a CL-S.



Did they only put this latch on half of them? My car has a bunch of ways to open the trunk lid: Remote, door, under the rear deck-inside (just the ski-pass thru), and the latch that I’m talking about on the inside of the decklid towards the bottom near the latch when it’s closed. It’s a gray plastic latch.



Does yours have one here or not?

brianlin87

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i have it.

Lord Helmet

^^ Is yours a CL-S or CL-p, Brian?

o1s

my cls does not have one. i just had to go look.

All Mine

So it's a safty release? I'll go check on my break.

cltypeSLOW

mine does NOT have one.

spdy0001

I have it and it glows in the dark

06 TSX loaner I had a few weeks ago had it too

Lord Helmet

Ok, you better explain that one, ninja!

Lord Helmet

I think so.


I wonder if they did it mid-production for safety?

spdy0001

Mine glows, doesn't yours? The sales guy showed it to me and said it was a saftey feature incase someone gets locked in the truck. It glowes so you can see where its at when the trunk is closed. I also use mine to close the trunk

Lord Helmet

Ha! I never even looked at it enough to know that it glows. Cool. Now if I ever get jacked and thrown in my trunk buy "Goodfellas", I'll know how to find it!

spdy0001

Or even better you can go jackie chan through the ski pass

Lord Helmet

oh, wait... There's an amp, box, and sub I'd have to kick the crap out of first. I don't think it would work in my case.

Shawn S

It's a safety device that was added mid 2001. Mandated by the government.
My 2001 was an early model and didn't have it.
My 2003 did.
It's ment to glow in the dark for about an hour if you get accidently locked in the trunk.

Lord Helmet

That's some good info.

But here's another question...

Did the government mandate that it actually has to be ON the trunklid? Just curious because I know in my car there is still another trunk popper just behind the rear seat next to the ski pass thru hole. (inside the trunk under the deck)

o1s

lol is it as good as the mustang popper? with a picture of the person jumping out of the trunk?

Shaftzx1

my 01 has it ........woop woop and it glows in the dark too

RooEng

I have a very early 01 and I have one located just inside the pass through. Is this the same release you guys are talking about? If you look in my trunk, it's just above and to the right of the pass through but it doesn't glow in the dark.

o1s

no, on later 01 cars have them inside on the trunk lid.

Sun Diego CL-S

holy crap! you already have 2k posts. are congrats in store now?

Lord Helmet

Thanks! I was REALLY bored on Friday!

All Mine

Ryan's does have it. He finally checked earlier tonight.

shill1234

nismo

my cl-p has it. Its incase you kidnap someone so they can exit the car. I saw a funny picture on on a rental car. Chrysler Sebring. It hs a comic picture of a guy pulling the handle and jumping off the back of the car whille its speeding away, and being bored one day, my buddy hopped in the trunk and locked himself in and as we drove doing 60 he popped it and jumped off and ran, on video, hularious shiet.

redsly

My car has both, the one right above and to the right of the pass through, and the glow in the dark one located on the trunk lid.

cltypeSLOW

i wish mine had that shit...i always close it grabbing the actual locking mechanism and its awkward as fawk when u have shit in your hands

iisylentii

my CLs dose not have one = (

shadow7zx

I worked on a 05 benz320 that had a big green button with an led in it to light it up.

redsly

I never used the trunk release latch to close it until yesterday. I always grabbed the corner of my trunk, and living in New England you can't touch a single clean place during the winter! To much sand and road salt. Glad I read this, even knowing I had it, I never thought of using it to close the trunk.