So I just bought my 06 cobalt ss/sc, and the trunk has no keyhole, it was replaced and filled..and the button by the steering wheel doesn't work. So I can't pop open my trunk, and my seats wont fold down because the latch is inside the trunk...I'm trying to get to my battery, but I have no idea how to even approach this situation.. anyone help me out?

 

the trunk button in the cubby pull out by your left knee?

if that fails you might have to unbolt your back seats

 

If the button won't work because the battery is completely dead you have a remote positive terminal under the hood on the drivers side by the fuse box. You can jump/power up the car from there. Just connect the neg cable to some bare metal.

 

Yeah the button failed -_-, guess im ripping out the seats tomorrow gah.

Battery isn't dead, I just have a messed up button, and my keyhole was shaved off.&I have no remote.

 

um... ya you are going to **** up your seats removing them. You can take the bottom half off no problem the top will have to be destroyed

why dont you try to get a new button

 

destroyed? how so..

 

how are you going to unlock it from the inside?

 

oh yeah true true if you can't unlatch them then you cant unbolt em.. I'd get a trunk bitton off eBay for like 10 bucks

 

new button for the win

 

So, i started yanking on the seat, got a big flat head screw driver down to the latch and pried it open. Success

 

MacGuyverism ftw

 

Must have been some good **** in the trunk.

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you could have just hotwired the button

 

Coat hanger between the backseats to the latch in the trunk ftw!!!

 

I just shove my arm through. :skinnyftw:

 

Must have some looooong arms haha

 

Had my shoulder shoved into the back of the seat and was just barely able to push one of them with the tip of my fingers.

 

Why not get a new switch?

It's number 2 in the diagram....

2006 CHEVROLET COBALT Parts - GM Parts Online - GM Parts Direct

 

Shorting the wires with a paperclip works just as well.