Hello, New owner here. I bought my Clarity PHEV a couple of weeks ago. So far, it is the only car that I love. Sometimes, I will have to drive into Manhattan. Street parking there can be very difficult. So, the only option is valet parking in a garage. Is there a way to secure the trunk from the valet?
You could disable the solenoid that opens the trunk and change the trunk lock to use a different key. Wait. I can't remember, does the Clarity have a mechanical key-lock on the trunk? It's raining so I'm not going to go outside to check.
They only need the fob to drive the car. Take the key out of it after you disabled the electronic switch on the trunk.
It would take a very savvy valet to know where that non-obvious trunk lock is. So all one would have to do is disable the solenoid that electrically opens the trunk. Perhaps a switch could be installed in the trunk to disable the solenoid. Then the key could be removed from the fob before surrendering the car to a valet.
