Neither the cabin rear deck button open functions nor the button on the deck lid itself to lower the lid?

 

What about the open button on the lid?
I found that this also works as a close button.
And what about the open/close button on the fob?

 

 

Time for some new reading glasses Lance, check the first post!
Hint - that button doesn't work.

 

 

 

Don't think so, why would some buttons work but not others?
Sounds more like a fuse/relay/junction box/wiring problem to me.

 

+1.

 

Thanks a lot. The key fob will open the lid about a 1/2 inch. I see from my manual (just bought the car) that the fuse is F-15 in the box on the drivers side but I can't find that box or any online videos that would help. Any help would be appreciated.

 

I've never had to access that one, but I'd expect it somewhere on the left side of the driver's side footwell. I had a lot of trouble locating the one on the passenger side - for that one, pull up the carpet, and there's an access panel on the floor.

This is quite an interesting document which won't help you much, though look at the detail of area 'E' (left A-pillar). Note this is for MY14 (convertible), who knows what's changed...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0gff5jjwoq...rence.pdf?dl=0

 

Has it ever worked? Is it possible you don't have a powered tailgate (I'm presuming that's what you mean by lid)?

 

I'm assuming that even if you can program the height the tailgate/hatch opens, it won't allow you to set it to 1/2".

 

Yep, the OP's posts are extremely vague and it's possible he/she doesn't even have a powered tailgate!
Easiest way to tell for sure is have a look at the struts, the powered ones are thick coz they contain the motors while the manual ones are skinny.

 

If the OP has the power lift gate and it is only opening a bit, it may need nothing more than a reprogramming. Manually lift the hatch to full open, then push the button to lower it. That should take care of it. While the hatch is open disconnect and reconnect the battery.

 

Would appreciate any ideas. The battery is disconnected. The trunk closed and is now locked. This is a 2015 US car. I did try ,as some internet posting recommended, to jump the car but nothing happened. It does not appear to have any places near the license plate to insert the emergency key from the fob.

 

The emergency key goes under the door handle, driver's side on my RHD F-Type (ie right side door), not sure which one on a LHD car.
You need to push the key in really hard to get it to work, much harder than you would think, there is a détente you need to push past.
After that I forget the best/easiest/only way to open the hatch, two possible methods:
1. Hook up a 12 volt battery or power source to the under-hood charging posts, that might provide enough power to pop the hatch via one of the three buttons, but I vaguely recall that doesn't work if the battery is disconnected.
2. Lift the cargo cover from inside the car and poke a stick with a hook on the end under it to hook the manual hatch release handle. You may have to MacGyver such a contraption.

 

thanks. Do you know how to lift that cargo cover from inside the car? We are not having any luck. I tried connecting a battery that did not work. I did not actually try to start the car; can't imagine that would work but maybe? You said try one of the three buttons; which three are you referring to?

 

Not sure how to lift the cargo cover from inside the car but I have read of others being able to do it. I just tried on my car using just my fingertips and no go, but I suspect you could get under the front edge of the cover using a trim removal tool or similar and lift it enough so as to wedge something in there and hold it up high enough to poke a stick with a hook on through to the emergency release handle. Either that or once you have levered the cover up a bit you can lift each side off the "pegs" it sits on.
There are three electrical buttons to pop the hatch - one on the lower part of the area by the steering wheel (on my RHD car it is on the right hand side to the right of the steering wheel, I suspect on a LHD car it would be on the other side to the left of the steering wheel), one on the under edge of the outside of the hatch, and one on the key fob.

 

Solved. I hooked up my other car again and checked my connections better than last night. It all happens very quickly as the electrics get energized asap and with someone helping at the back of the car you can get the trunk open via the external button. Bottom line, the US car does not have anywhere near the license plate to insert the emergency key from the fob which works with the doors. If it does, I sure would like to see a picture. Also, I think it is impossible to attempt to lift the cargo cover from inside the cabin and attempt to interact with the emergency release pull on the rear interior frame. What a joke. It appears they filled a US square by including this internal trunk release device but how do you get to it?

 

I have always been under the impression that the emergency release in the boot was in case a humanoid became trapped therein and no one was around to facilitate their escape.