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how do you open the trunk when the electrical doesn't work?

My 2001 JAGUAR XJ8 HASE A TRUNK THAT IS LOCKED. THE KEY FOB, AND THE DASH CONTROL AND THE KEY IN TO THE TRUNK ALL MAKE THE ELECTRICAL NOISE BUT THE TRUNK WON'T RELEASE. HOW DO I GET IN TO THE TRUNK --- THROUGH THE BACKSEAT?

LEE, October 2008

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I have a 1998 XJ8 - so yours may be different. But on mine there is a place to insert the key in the "XJ8" sign. I never noticed it until I needed (in my case because I was storing the car and wanted to disconnect the battery). It's worth a look before resorting to the saw!

St Andrews jag, August 2009

Hi,
This is what I did when I had the same problem. Take a circular saw and carefully and I mean very carefully, these are expensive luxury cars, cut a hole in the trunk big enough to remove what ever it is that you need from the trunk. Problem solved

Jagman, February 2009

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