# Trunk Opens on its own

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** hyundai, elantra\
**Created:** [January 4, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506 "2011-01-04T15:44:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![jpettengill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jpettengill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jpettengill)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/1 "2011-01-04T15:44:50Z")

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Does anyone else have a problem with the trunk randomly opening by itself on the Hyundai Elantra?

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/2 "2011-01-04T15:47:13Z")

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Does your key fob have a ‘trunk open’ button?

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**Author:** ![jpettengill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jpettengill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jpettengill)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/3 "2011-01-04T15:52:50Z")

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Yes it does. There is also a trunk release button on the driver’s door.

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**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/4 "2011-01-04T16:19:54Z")

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So, does it open while you are driving or while you are parked, or both?

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**Author:** ![jpettengill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jpettengill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jpettengill)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/5 "2011-01-04T17:47:01Z")

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Opens only when parked

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**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/6 "2011-01-04T18:15:56Z")

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Where do you keep you keys & fob ?

From personal experience ;  
When all the keys & fobs are stored together with other items ( pocket or purse ) buttons get pushed.

I don’t have any trunk buttons for my three trucks but that panic button sure likes to get in the way when I sit down ( keys in my pocket ) or when my wife plops down her purse…bee bee bee bee !

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/7 "2011-01-04T18:19:54Z")

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Button pushing’s my guess, too. How often does this happen? Once/day? /week? /month?

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**Author:** ![jpettengill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jpettengill](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jpettengill)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trunk-opens-on-its-own/59506/8 "2011-01-04T18:28:08Z")

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This happens once or twice a week.  
Guess the key fob is poorly designed.