Rear hatch help
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2002
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From: Muskogee OK
Cruise-In VI Veteran
4 ways.
- Open the console. Round yellow button
- Open driver's door, on the door near the latch mechanism is a rocker switch
- Open passenger side door, also a rocker switch
- Crawl over seats into hatch area. With kid gloves, remove Phillips screws then middle section of plastic trim. Thin piano wire cable about 3 inches long is connected to the latch, pull wire
Battery and interior fuses must be good for the door switches or console button to power the solenoid to pop the hatch
Last edited by flannel_man; Aug 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM.
Le Mans Master
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From: Clifton Park, NY ............Clearwater, FL ... 85 Original Owner
Melting Slicks
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From: So Cal
2023 C4 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
You don't (actually you can't with the glass closed) remove the trim piece. The manual release cable is between the carpet and the bottom of the security shade on the passenger side of center line. It is about 6" long, dig around in there with your finger, and fish it out. Then pull on it to trip the glass.
Last edited by IHBD; Aug 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM. Reason: Picture removed. OP got his beer out and never came back to his thread.
