C6 Electronic Hatch Pull Down?
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4th Gear
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C6 Electronic Hatch Pull Down?
I just brought me 2006 C6 in to my local dealer to have the oil changed and I asked them to check I couple things I believed to be under my extended warranty.
One was; I didn't believe my electronic hatch pull down was working at all unless it was like an inch from closing. After the service guy looked at it he believes I dont even have this feature and goes and prints me out the Option Codes.
I thought all C6s have this option except for the Z06 which I believe became an option in 2010. I also didn't think there was a code for this. Mine is a Coupe with the Z51 and 3LT packages. Can someone help clarify this for me?
One was; I didn't believe my electronic hatch pull down was working at all unless it was like an inch from closing. After the service guy looked at it he believes I dont even have this feature and goes and prints me out the Option Codes.
I thought all C6s have this option except for the Z06 which I believe became an option in 2010. I also didn't think there was a code for this. Mine is a Coupe with the Z51 and 3LT packages. Can someone help clarify this for me?
Le Mans Master
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From: Eagle River AK
St. Jude Donor '06-'07-'08-'09-'10,'14
To all the above. I've always had to push mine down. Last summer I had a window down and dropped the hatch and it pulled down by itself. Tried with the windows up and wouldn't do it.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Mid Michigan
Personally I don't think you have an issue.
I gently lower my hatch and then press down on the lower portion of the glass to enable the electronic latch to pull the hatch closed.
Regards,
GSRANDY
I gently lower my hatch and then press down on the lower portion of the glass to enable the electronic latch to pull the hatch closed.
Regards,
GSRANDY
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Pro
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From: Hurley New York
Its not an electric hatch as in a type that might close itself. The reciever or catch inside the deck is the electric part.
When you close your lid & click it into place the reciever mechanism senses that, activates and pulls the hatch down snug by itself.
Idea is so you dont slam the lid.
When you close your lid & click it into place the reciever mechanism senses that, activates and pulls the hatch down snug by itself.
Idea is so you dont slam the lid.
Pro
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From: Hurley New York
Heard this was a problem in design phase. With windows up hatch would bounce back up when slammed due to air pressure displacement. The electric latch was there solution I believe.
Safety Car
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From: Northeast MA & Mad Beach FL
Its not an electric hatch as in a type that might close itself. The reciever or catch inside the deck is the electric part. When you close your lid & click it into place the reciever mechanism senses that, activates and pulls the hatch down snug by itself.
Idea is so you dont slam the lid.
Idea is so you dont slam the lid.
pushing down on the lid until it clicks into the latch mechanism is the trick 
Team Owner
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From: Southern Utah
They shouldn't even waste space and weight on something like this...its a sports car...there should be a presumption that the owner is capable of closing the hatch the old fashioned way. Its not a big slow luxury sedan being driven by some woman dripping in diamonds and fur, it is the only true american sports car. The engineers worked tirelessly to reduce weight, then they add THIS?.....End of Rant....pet peeve.
Racer
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From: La Verne CA
My last car was a Porsche Cayman. It had a feature that lowered the windows about an inch when the back hatch was opened. Upon closing this allowed the hatch to close easily, followed by the windows. This would seam to be something that would be easy to add by the factory or some enterprising programmer.
Team Owner
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My last car was a Porsche Cayman. It had a feature that lowered the windows about an inch when the back hatch was opened. Upon closing this allowed the hatch to close easily, followed by the windows. This would seam to be something that would be easy to add by the factory or some enterprising programmer.
Team Owner
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From: San Francisco CA
If you have one of the doors open the hatch will close real easy.
What I'm wondering is why the newer corvettes don't have that grab handle like in my 2005 so you have something to grab to pull down the hatch? What's the reason for removing that? A civil lawsuit somebody won? Perhaps a woman broke her fingernail?
What I'm wondering is why the newer corvettes don't have that grab handle like in my 2005 so you have something to grab to pull down the hatch? What's the reason for removing that? A civil lawsuit somebody won? Perhaps a woman broke her fingernail?
Last edited by LS WON; Mar 6, 2010 at 12:12 AM.
Team Owner
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From: Southern Utah
If you have one of the doors open the hatch will close real easy.
What I'm wondering is why the newer corvettes don't have that grab handle like in my 2005 so you have something to grab to pull down the hatch? What's the reason for removing that? A civil lawsuit somebody won? Perhaps a woman broke her fingernail?
What I'm wondering is why the newer corvettes don't have that grab handle like in my 2005 so you have something to grab to pull down the hatch? What's the reason for removing that? A civil lawsuit somebody won? Perhaps a woman broke her fingernail?
