Pop the button or use the key pad and it pops open, but there is no way to lift it without sticking. Webjust realized my 13 zh's trunk will open without fob and doors locked, by pressing that button above the license plate. So that means that the car is, basically,. Webthe only way to get stuff out was to drag it through the fold down rear seat or to crawl into the trunk use the internal emergency release. The button on the dash did. Webshining a flashlight from the rear seat area into the trunk revealed the back side of where the lever on the lock cylinder fit into a slot in the latching mechanism. Webit looks like the motor is starting to give out. It makes it the whole way down but can't seem to make it latch.