Key to the Trunk

[Mr.SpyderMan]

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?

[parker93]

Same here. Only 1 key

[Cajunblu]

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

Robert

[mwt]

Originally Posted by Cajunblu

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

[hughw]

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.

[Cajunblu]

Originally Posted by mwt

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

I stand corrected

Thank you Mike

Robert

[Mr.SpyderMan]

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...??????

[KimMG]

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).

[havenfun2day]

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!

[GPFred]

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.

[GPFred]

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