I had this happen to me the other day. Key would still open the trunk directly, but placing lock in "central lock" mode would not open trunk. A couple days later my door locks stop working too. So, at least in my case, there appears to be a vacuum leak. Perhaps a slow leak is causing a similar problem here.
Oddly enough, some how the filler door appears stuck in "unlocked" mode. Even just before the door locks stopped working. I think I really need to find someone that has a proper vacuum hose diagram, because I think I have an issue :) EdB On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Fmiser <fmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > relng...@aol.com wrote: > > > > ...The trunk would not open, and the key slot was > > > horizontal... > > > > > Horizontal being the locked position. By a key. > > No, not on a W123 trunk. > > When vertical, the key can be removed and is in > locked-and-only-the-key-will-unlock mode. > > Horizontal, the key can be removed and is in > lock-and-unlock-at-the-whim-of-the-vacuum-system mode. > > Turned 45 degrees counterclockwise from horizontal is > unlock-when-the-vacuum-says-lock mode. The key cannot be > removed and the position is spring-loaded to return to > horizontal. > > At least it's that way on all of my cars. > > -- Philip > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -- "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com