Ar you sure the trunk is unlocked? It has two lock positions -
locked (period) and locking / unlocking via the central locking system.

Umm... before you break out the saber saw and cutting torches, are you SURE
that it is not in the valet position?

If it is similar to the trunk lock on my '94 SL, the MASTER key can be used
to set or free the valet lock mechanism from this tumbler, rendering the
trunk inaccessible if the valet key or even the master key's remote control
is used. When set to the valet position, the MASTER key must be inserted and
the tumbler reset, or you just ain't gonna' get in there!

The lock functions are as follows:

Normally, the keyslot will be at the 12 o'clock position (straight up and
down).

Inserting the Master and turning CW to the detent (1 o'clock position) locks
the trunk, while moving it fully CW (beyond the detent to the 2 o'clock
position) sets it to valet mode.

The only way to gain access to the trunk at this point is by inserting the
MASTER key and turning it back past the 1 o'clock detent, disabling the
valet lock. Continue turning the key all the way CCW to the 10 o'clock
position and it will unlock (the remote or valet key will not work until the
tumbler has been reset in this manner).

But hey... maybe that isn't the problem and I just wasted a bunch of
bandwidth!

Cheers,

Paul

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Try www.sl107.com and do a search.

This problem has come up a couple of times on the discussion board.

strength cryptography, free from "Key Recovery".
     Key Recovery means messages are no longer a secret, because the
     Government has screwed around with it.

   o Killing the CALEA legislation, which orders all communications
     equipment be DESIGNED so the Government can spy on it.

   o Dismantling domestic ECHELON, the Government listening in on our
     domestic phone calls.

   o A Cabinet-level U.S. Privacy Commission, with teeth.

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The "average" American has no idea why cryptography is important to them.

It is the only way to begin preventing massive illegal domestic spying.

Currently, there are no restrictions on domestic use of unlimited strength
cryptography. That is not because the Government hasn't complained about
child pornographers or terrorists or other criminals who might use it.

No, that's the reason they are giving for why U.S. companies can't EXPORT
products, such as web browsers, outside U.S. territory, without compromising
it with Government "Key Recovery"; i.e. made stupider and breakable.

Why such an indirect control on what they claim is a domestic problem?

Because that is how 'The Creeping Police State' works.

Slowly, bit-by-bit.

Slowly, State-by-State everyone in the U.S. is being fingerprinted.

The FBI is now advocating biometric capture of all newborns too.

This is an interesting manifesto, please take the time to read it.

Cryptography can be used to keep private: Internet traffic, such as email,
and telephone conversations (PGP phone). A version of PGP phone that looks
and works like a normal telephone --- but can't be spied upon --- would
eventually become wide-spread.

It begins to change the mind-s