The suspense is killing me! Did you get it open? If so, how?

 

Maybe he locked his girlfriend in there while sitting on the boot lid - I would.

 

Great news!

I got the trunk open!

First, I tried to sit on my trunk and hop like a bunny.

That didn't work.

Tonight, I got my gf and I both sat on the trunk and hop up and down with while pressing the trunk open. I guess this is the time where being heavier is a plus.

And we heard the trunk opening sound and popped

Those who have similar issue with trunk locked but having "trunk open" indicator light should try this method first before going with a more invasive technique.

Next stop is to repair the broken trunk cable so I can open it next time it gets stuck. Any tips if I can buy a cheap replacement? The Bentley one is several hundred $$$.

Thanks Bruce, Johnny, Iain for the help. This forum is really helpful. I hope someone else can benefit from this experience!

p.s. I'm a guy haha

 

Well done !

 

i had exactly the same issue boot lid was pushed shut on cable for charger .dash thought boot was open I tried leaning on trunk lid and nothing my pal came around that eve and he stood on a crate and put his 17st *** on the edge of the trunk lid and gently bounced up and down and it opened it was all about where he distributed his weight I would give it a go with two people as I just couldn't get it to budge .the trunk lid it solid so not much chance of denting it if you stick to the edge

 

Glad to hear you got it open. As with many parts, there may be a VW Phaeton or Audi part that will do the job for a lot less. If the rst of the mechanism is fine you might be able to have a replacement cable made.

 

Thought I'd leave this here for future continental GT owners, mine is a 2005 GT RHD:
I found myself in a similar boat, having not used the car for about 8 days, trunk refused to open with either remote, or door panel button. Removed rear seat, and even though emergency cable was fine, it still will not release the trunk. Apparently you can take a plunger to the left tail-light and then access the main battery that way, but I did not want to do that and risk a very expensive tail light.
I had once before unlocked the car using the jump connection under the bonnet, using strut tower as ground.
Tried that, but it still would not wake trunk release button up. I figured battery was too far dead.
So here's the alternative: I hooked up my Ctek for about 4 hours to the under bonnet jump connections. Lo and behold, it charged the battery just enough so that the door panel trunk release finally worked!
I then moved the Ctek to its rightful place in the trunk, hooked to the main battery directly. Happy days!