Cars trunk pops open every time I start the car.

AZAMORA313

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2008 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
128,000 MILES

Hello, I have a 2008 4dr VW JETTA WOLFSBURG EDITION with a 2.5L engine. The car has 128,000 miles. I have a problem with the truck. Every time I start the car the trunk pops open so I have to get out the car and close it. Since the key and the remote are together

Thursday, March 8th, 2012 AT 1:41 PM

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KHLOW2008

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The part about the remote was cut off. Can you please fill in the details here?

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Thursday, March 8th, 2012 AT 2:36 PM

AZAMORA313

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HI, Sorry I was not clear with my question. So here is the issue that im having with my 2008 vw jetta wolfsburg edition. 4dr, 2.5L engine.
The issues is that the cars trunk pops open everytime I start the car, and it is fustrating because every time I start the car I have to get out and close the trunk. Thank you.

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Friday, March 9th, 2012 AT 2:18 PM

KHLOW2008

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Do you have the remote trunk opener embedded in the key?
If yes, you need to check if the button is too sensitive and while cranking engine, pressure on the key fob would trigger the trunk opener.

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Friday, March 9th, 2012 AT 3:17 PM

AZAMORA313

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Yes the trunk opener is embedded in the key, well I tried it with both set of keys and it would do the same thing with both sets of keys. Also what I did was when I starte the car I would grab the keys by its side so as to not touch any of the buttons on the key but the trunk would still open. And how would I be able to check if the button is too sensitive?

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Friday, March 9th, 2012 AT 4:27 PM

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