Elantra MD (2010-15) :: 2012 - Trunk Just Open, Seemingly On Its Own?
Jan 27, 2014
After driving my 2012 Elantra for about two years, I have many times had the trunk just open, seemingly on its own. I always figured that it was simply my fault: you know, I bent the wrong way and the fob in my pocket got the trunk button pushed, etc...
But I always felt that there was more to it than that, as I doubt my pants push the button that much. Now a friend that I work with expressed the same trunk doubts to me about his one year old 2013 Elantra. He said that yesterday his trunk was open and he had not even touched his keys. Incidentally, I had a trunk opening experience yesterday too!
So what gives with the spontaneous trunk opening? Is there an identifiable cause? A known software defect? Something else?
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1) The trunk will unlock when I use the key or the interior switch.
2) The trunk will not "pop" open intermittently.
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Can this beep / alarm be disabled or set to turn off after 30 seconds like the seatbelt chime?
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As you can imagine I keep valuable things in my trunk so this is not good.
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