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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 07:27 PM
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I have a 98 convertible corvette and the trunk will randomly pop open. I have upgraded the remote key fob, reciever and tpms to a 2002. All that works great. But evey now and then my trunk will be open.

Not sure how this is happening?

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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 08:46 PM
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I have a 98 convertible corvette and the trunk will randomly pop open. I have upgraded the remote key fob, reciever and tpms to a 2002. All that works great. But evey now and then my trunk will be open.

Not sure how this is happening?

Thanks for any ideas
I would start with the emergency release cable and see if that's under tension....who knows....then I would look at the dash board switch and see if the switch is going bad
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Old Jul 29, 2018 | 08:50 PM
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More info. I had this issue a while back then stopped on it own now it seems to have come back again. Prior to this I have checked and adjust latch, re-routed pull cable for turnk, greased up all moving parts. So wierd that it came back.
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Old Jul 30, 2018 | 01:25 AM
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Did this start after getting the FOB updated? If so, maybe touchy connections inside? Does the same thing happen regardless of FOB used?
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