Yes, seems correct.

 

Are the LE, SE and XLE also like this? If not, maybe i can pull the hardware off of a wreck and transplant it in?

I had a 2006 Corolla that let me lock the trunk at the release handle and it couldn't be opened without a proper key. Why did they take this nice feature away?

 

Are the LE, SE and XLE also like this? If not, maybe i can pull the hardware off of a wreck and transplant it in?

All the new Camry's are like this.

 

I've had a 2012 XLE new since Mar 2012 and was surprised at this unlockable design as well.
No real security to put stuff in the trunk if all's needed is a "brick in a towel smash n grab"
through the front drivers side window then pop the trunk ... yeah the alarm sounds when the
trunk opens but amazing how much can be taken in 10 seconds much less minutes before
authorities might arrive.

Our older 94 and 04 US made sedans always had a button to a relay opening the trunk hidden
behind a lockable glove box. That was one of the few highpoints of those cars that died
for different reasons much earlier than they should have, but why Toyota did not make some
type of 2nd lock over the trunk release in at least an XLE is beyond me.

 

I read the title of this thread and was about to call the police haha.

 

I to was not happy when I realized that it didn't lock. Didn't even think to look when I bought it, because EVERY car I've ever owned since the 1990's had a key lock of some sort. Like RochHam said, all they need to do is break the window and they have access. I'm sure a lot of car robbers know this.

 

Leave a rattlesnake in the trunk.