Earlier today I went to a friends shop to change a tire, I placed the wheel inside my trunk. On my way home or at least thinking I'd be on my way I see the door ajar light on then notice the trunk light on, tried several times but no luck ended up tying it up with a tie strap lying around.

No the wheel wasn't in the way it had enough space, checked the fuses, the key fob works and everything sounds don't know what to do. Any ideas?

please help

 

I'm confused. You said "tried several times." Tried what? What is the problem here? The trunk won't stay closed, or everything is closed but the ajar light is on?

 

It sounds like the hatch is going all the way down, but the latch isn't engaging to hold it there.

When putting the wheel in the cargo area, did you accidentally pull the emergency release?

 

exactly the hatch goes all the way but the latch doesnt engage its like if something was in the way blocking it from closing completely i removed the rear cover to check for a lose wire or cable but everything seems in order, and nope never touched the emergency release,

 

It could be jammed!

 

took a screw driver to it the latch moves and the lights shuts off but still no go

 

that happened to me recently. the lock mechanism was jammed. we opened it up and reset it, but be careful as soon as we opened it everything fell out. theres a thread around here that shows what to do.

 

cool thanks, found the thread, ill give that write up a shot

 

Please post a link to the thread. I searched, but didn't find anything that has a fix for you problem.

 

here is one im going to give this a shot and see what happens
there was another one, but got to look for it again since i forgot to bookmark it

https://my350z.com/forum/maintenance...ock-motor.html

 

ya thats the one. i just had to open it and reset the gears. didnt have to do the drill the hole thing

 

well attempt was a fail, anyone know where i can find the whole set up for cheap other than going to a dealership

 

yea my shocks for my hatch just went out afew days ago when I was cleaning out my car and the **** thing came so hard it almost broke my arm luckily my cuz was there to catch it. That thing ways a good 50pounds in my opinion "could be more"

 

^^ had that happen to me once on a Z32, was replacing some bulbs in the rear and the hatch came down on my freakin head, busted my lip when the hatch slammed my face down onto the weatherstrip section of the car.

OP, is there no adjustment at that latch at all? Like a hood latch?

 

its a hassle just opening this crap now man, I've been meaning to take it to the dealership for awhile but i know there gna screw me over

 

for the price they wanted to charge to fix it I might as well buy all the mechanism s

i checked for adjustment issues but there is no play

 

true...but they gotta make money anyway they can

 

bought a setup off of ebay, came with everything including the mounting bracket.

 

let me know how that works i might try but it for my z aswell

 

well fixed it took a few minutes to swap the old with the new one. unbolted it and used the same cable release system that the car came with, so i didnt have to re-route the new cable.