Reverse lights don't work, inside trunk release doesn't work

Your reverse light wires are probably
rubbed thru and touching the wire
that activates the trunk release. remove
the reverse light bulbs and see if it does it again, or remove the fuse for the trunk release. Also have someone look at the
reverse lights while your pushing
the trunk button on the drivers door.
If yhey come on then you know the circuit
is shorting to power

I had the wires broken inside the loom that comes up from the trunk to the trunk lid. The wires bend by the right hand trunk hinge and break inside the insulation after years of opening and closing. I'm suprised that is the only ting in the trunk lid that doesn't work because the license plate lights, trunk release and the other running light wires also come through that loom and usually break.

This is all the Bentley shows:


Location: Driver's side door trim in storage compartment.

Removing:

- Remove driver's side door trim:
Repair Manual, Body Interior, Repair Group 70 - Unplug connectors.



Carefully disengage catches -arrows-.
- Press switch for interior monitoring and towing protection -1- or trunk release switch -2- out of trim toward rear.

Installing

Installation is carried out in the reverse order.



Remove trunk lid lock.

Repair Manual, Body Exterior, Repair Group 55
- Use a flat screwdriver to pry plastic tab -3- off retaining pins -1-.
- Bend plastic tab fully to rear.
- Pull contact switch -2- first sideways and then up and out of trunk lid lock.

Installing

Install in reverse order, paying attention to the following:

Note:

Make sure that washers are correctly seated between plastic tab and trunk lid lock.

This is a failure of the "remote function actuation module". It is located under the rear deck next to the right rear speaker. The rear seat must be removed to access it along with removing the rear deck. It controls the trunk release, door locks, dome light, and reverse light. My remote trunk release stopped working along with the relase button on the dash along with the reverse lights failing at the same time. The module is over $150 so I would try to find a way to rewire the lights to work without the module.

Check to make sure the button on the trunk latch is turned from manual unlock...they made that feature so only the key will work to open the trunk that way if someone breaks in the front of your car they can't hit the trunk release and get into the trunk...may be the same thing for your remote. Hope that helps.

check the wires near the hindge

test the electric pop trunk motor its on the back of the latch. use a test light and see if its getting power when you push the trunk release. also that trunk release is a button inside car not a cable if that correct then there a problem with the remote.

The reverse light switch is screwed into the side of the transmission. Trunk release un-related.
No Start could be many things , dirty battery connections , or , Neutral/Park safety switch to name a couple.

wiring shortage. take it to the good electician mechanic.

Does pushing the trunk release button make the back up lights illuminate? Has the car been serviced or wrecked before this problem? Have you been golfing and put clubs in the huge trunk. Either the ground wire for the trunk lid devices is bad or the trunk release wire (purple/orange) and the reverse lamps wire (purple/white) have been reversed.