Hey all,

I have an 04 TL w/ Navi. I'm not quite sure at all how it happened but my trunk disable switch in the glove box broke & it's stuck in the lock position. Is there any fix for this? I really don't want to take it to a dealership, they'll probably overcharge me. The trunk still works with the remote so it's not a huge issue. It's just annoying to have to take the key out the ignition to open the trunk.

 

You can remove that interior panel which will provide access to the lever.

 

Try to unplug the switch at the connector and see if that allows you to use the in car trunk release. You should able to find the switch for pretty cheap on ebay or even thru one of our parts vendors. The switch is easy to get to the back of, not so sure how hard removing it is.

 

I had the same problem, unfortunalty there wasn't a Acura Dealer here so i had to get Honda to call Acura and deliver. i think the switch was 12$ + 2$ shipping so i would say around 15$ to be on the safe side. I think i still have the bag for the switch if you want the part number# i would have to look for it. But overall pretty cheap and easy to replace, just remove the whole thing but be carefull pulling it, you may rip the wires.

35810-SEP-A01 is the part number
searched around and it comes around 12$

 

alternatively you can "ghetto" rig it and get a small speaker wire and hotwire the connector (connect both wires together basically) it'll keep the trunk switch working but you can't disable unless you remove the wire

 

Thanks!