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My Mercury Milan Hybrid 2010 has no valet key and does have a remote trunk switch on the dash. How do I secure the trunk contents from the prking lot attendant who has my key?
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I am an artist in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago w/ this exact resonating concern. To the degree that my trunk WAS broken into on New Years Eve / Day in Detroit. Yes, I dropped the ball.
State Farm made that whole experience a little less miserable, save for the fact that the car audio company they go through (AJRS) are clown shoes when it comes to explaining your remaining credit voucher to you. Be prepared for teenagers to up-sell you equipment you do not need, such as $115 for three pairs of Interconnects, & then charge you a 20% restocking fee when you don't want them.
But I digress.
Anyone who can install toggle switches in their dash to kill amplifiers can certainly relocate that trunk button elsewhere in the vehicle, or perhaps integrate a series of toggle switches accompanied by an arcade button. Something to defeat the obvious route to get that door open & press the trunk LOGO-ed button in plain view.
Bypassing the trunk button will also allow for additional, more flexible options such as wiring a $5 Hallmark card that records a message (perhaps 'F--k you, sir') for each time that trunk button is pressed. None of this is hard to do, people that race Import Tuners install dummy switches into their cars that over-ride the ignition switch to prevent hot-wiring, etc.
There's definitely some room to think outside the box w/ a Mercury Milan, since as was mentioned in the original post, there is no valet key or trunk lock.
This may not be an answer but it's what I am now doing this weekend.
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