Tricky door button
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Tricky door button
My wife always seemed to have trouble getting in the passenger side, I always thought it was user error haha. So I decided to play around with it, it doesn't seem to ever open the same way twice... Sometimes the window will move, door will half way open, halfway catch... Then it... Driver side door opens perfect, same way each time.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
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Sounds like it is a possible door switch issue. Seems to happen often.
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It's time to call Gene and order new switch mention you are on the forum for your discount.
Easy install, takes 5 minutes.
There cheap enough, to just replace it.
Part number GM# 22751230
Here is his website.
http://www.cultragfactoryparts.com
Easy install, takes 5 minutes.
There cheap enough, to just replace it.
Part number GM# 22751230
Here is his website.
http://www.cultragfactoryparts.com
Last edited by 1bdvet; Jun 28, 2015 at 01:12 PM.
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Yep, you need some new door pads. I bought a genuine GM pair off Ebay for like 13 bucks (free ship) from a Chebby dealer in Oregon. They are easy to install, ten minutes tops. Makes my dear Wifey happy now that she doesn't have to struggle opening the door.
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Pull the door pull pads and clean them (spray electrical cleaner and scotch brite pad is all you need).
If the problem is the inside button instead, pull and clean them as well.
Also, while you are cleaning buttons, rear hatch release button above the license plate is another one that get dirty and needs to be cleaned as well.
If the problem is the inside button instead, pull and clean them as well.
Also, while you are cleaning buttons, rear hatch release button above the license plate is another one that get dirty and needs to be cleaned as well.
Last edited by Dano523; Jun 28, 2015 at 03:29 PM.
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Pull the door pull pads and clean them (spray electrical cleaner and scotch brite pad is all you need).
How to fix difficult to open C6 Corvette door handle/pressure plate - YouTube
If the problem is the inside button instead, pull and clean them as well.
Also, while you are cleaning buttons, rear hatch release button above the license plate is another one that get dirty and needs to be cleaned as well.
How to fix difficult to open C6 Corvette door handle/pressure plate - YouTube
If the problem is the inside button instead, pull and clean them as well.
Also, while you are cleaning buttons, rear hatch release button above the license plate is another one that get dirty and needs to be cleaned as well.
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Now price out a can of spray electrical cleaner and small tube of dielectric grease, and that is the price you are into cleaning such for the next decade instead.
Bluntly, the switches come bone dry from GM, and if you do get new ones, your still have to pull them apart to grease them so they will not corrode so fast instead.
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Prices out two new door pull pads, two new interior push button pads, and the rear hatch push bottom. Figure they will last around 4 years in humid areas before they start to corrode up again, then add that number up again around every 4 years down the road as well.
Now price out a can of spray electrical cleaner and small tube of dielectric grease, and that is the price you are into cleaning such for the next decade instead.
Bluntly, the switches come bone dry from GM, and if you do get new ones, your still have to pull them apart to grease them so they will not corrode so fast instead.
Now price out a can of spray electrical cleaner and small tube of dielectric grease, and that is the price you are into cleaning such for the next decade instead.
Bluntly, the switches come bone dry from GM, and if you do get new ones, your still have to pull them apart to grease them so they will not corrode so fast instead.
So I guess your telling I'm running on borrowed time.