Originally Posted by trey's wife

We don't have the smartkey thingy and we still have the button to open the trunk on our '05. When we bought the car the stupid sales guy told us it was to cover some kind of sensor that we don't have but my husband either hit it or pressed it down when cleaning it or something and the trunk opened up. It's just a little oval that looks like a bolt cover of some kind. Check to see if you have one.

Originally Posted by mpgxsvcd

Wait a minute. If you don't have the smart key and you hit the button the trunk opens? Isn't that a bad thing? If you don't unlock the car and it opens can't anyone get in the trunk? Sorry I am confused about how the non smart keys work. Do the 04s have the little oval button?

Originally Posted by trey's wife

I assume that the doors need to be unlocked. The only time I have tried it has been at times when the doors would be unlocked anyway. My '04 does not have the button on the trunk. I am sure it is there to be used by the smart key owners but the rest of us can use it if the doors are unlocked.

Gonna check and make sure that the doors do have to unlocked for this to work though. lol.