Key to the Trunk

I just purchased a used 1996 Ford Taurus. I was wondering if the key to the trunk was seperate from the key to the ignition. I tried opening the trunk with the key, but it didn't work. I didn't use much force because I'm heavy handed and didn't want to break the only key I had. Sooo.... does one key work for everything or am I missing a key. Please let me know? Thanks a million?

Same here. Only 1 key

I have a 95 taurus wagon, and that takes two keys so I think its safe to say the 96 would also....

Robert

I have a 95 taurus wagon, and that takes two keys so I think its safe to say the 96 would also....

Robert

Statin in 96 there is only one key. I have a 2000 and a 99

The two thousand is fine but you can't hardly open the trunk on the 99 with the key. I have seen post by a lot of people saying they had troubles. You might want to spray some WD 40 in there and see what happens. It helped a little bit on mine.

Mike
:smokin:

Graphite is better than WD40 ....but don't use graphite if you have already sprayed wd40. You can get a tube of graphite at any auto parts store.

Statin in 96 there is only one key. I have a 2000 and a 99

The two thousand is fine but you can't hardly open the trunk on the 99 with the key. I have seen post by a lot of people saying they had troubles. You might want to spray some WD 40 in there and see what happens. It helped a little bit on mine.

Mike
:smokin:


I stand corrected :lol:

Thank you Mike

Robert

Ok, I tried the WD40 and it didn't work. What is graphite? And besides that does anyone have any more suggestions. Do I need to get another lock on the trunk from FORD or can locksmith just make another key for it...??????

You don't want to use graphite with WD-40. It will just gum things up. Graphite is a dry lubricant. Graphite is a very fine powder.
How worn is your key? In the shop I worked at, customers would complain that the locks weren't working. After looking at the key the customer was using, we noticed a great deal of wear. Solution is to cut a new key by using the lock code. Can you ask the former owner if he had any problems with the locks? Does the trunk have a remote release? If yes, removing the lock shouldn't be too hard. Take the lock and your key to a locksmith. A locksmith will be able to tell if the key is to worn or not right for the lock(it is possible the lock was changed on the trunk).

My trunk release stopped working, to my surprise the key didn’t work either. A few months ago I sprayed WD40 into the lock but it made no difference. Today I took the lock out and (after reading your posts) saturated it with WD40. Eventually it broke free. I could see where the cylinder had seized up so I stuck some Lucas oil treatment into the mechanism and it eventually became smooth. THANKS FOR THE TIP!

I have a 98 Taurus that had a trunk key issue as well. The key stopped working in the lock. I ended up having to take it out of the trunk deck and sprayed it with electrical contact cleaner to clean it out of dirt and old graphite. It was a mess. Then I sprayed it with liquid wrench to break it loose of any rust and other crap. I worked the key in and out of it, then started to try and turn it, while occassionally spraying more liquid wrench into the lock. I didn't work the key very hard and eventually it broke loose and worked easily. I then cleaned it again with the electrical contact cleaner and then after letting it dry out, sprayed new graphite in to it. I then re-installed it back in the trunk deck. I haven't had a problem with it since and that was almost 1.5 years ago. I can't say that this might be the case, just worth a shot. You may have to have it re-keyed to the ignition key. Good luck.

Sorry, I didn't realize this was such an old thread.