2007 convertible
Tired boy
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From: Enid, ok
my very first car ever 1988 iroc had the truck pull down mechanism. It was messed up more than it functioned correctly
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Safety Car
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From: Blairsville , Georgia
Yes I am referring to the auto pull down. So I guess if your 2011 does not have it, then an 07 probably did not have it either. I have seen some C6 Coupes that the hatch has it. Just trying to figure out if mine is broken.
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Jay
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From: Port St. Lucie West Florida
Thank you so much for this very helpful information. This is exactly what I was needing to know. Now if I can just fix the pop up opening problem that I am having I will be all set. The lid does not open enough to clear the latch and get your fingers under it. I think others have had the same problem. I think that new struts will fix it even though they hold the lid up now with no problems.
Jay
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Melting Slicks
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Mine was doing that a month ago. Would barely pop using the inside button. I just used the fob button and it would eventually pop up enough to open. I cleaned the latch assembly and then shot a bit of WD40. Then a little bit of grease. I manually worked the latch a few times. This fixed my problem.
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From: Blairsville , Georgia
Mine was doing that a month ago. Would barely pop using the inside button. I just used the fob button and it would eventually pop up enough to open. I cleaned the latch assembly and then shot a bit of WD40. Then a little bit of grease. I manually worked the latch a few times. This fixed my problem.
Thanks
Jay
Racer
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From: Greenville, SC
I was just fooling with my trunk to install a rear camera and had to loosen the carpet to get the wiring through. Maybe make sure the carpet is nice and snug against the back wall of the trunk and isn't impinging in any way around the latch area? I almost couldn't get back in because I didn't have the carpet replaced yet and it interfered with the latch. Long shot, but maybe just be sure the carpet isn't somehow bunching up in the latch area.
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I was just fooling with my trunk to install a rear camera and had to loosen the carpet to get the wiring through. Maybe make sure the carpet is nice and snug against the back wall of the trunk and isn't impinging in any way around the latch area? I almost couldn't get back in because I didn't have the carpet replaced yet and it interfered with the latch. Long shot, but maybe just be sure the carpet isn't somehow bunching up in the latch area.
Jay
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What I found out is that by adjusting the male part of the latch that is screwed onto the trunk lid itself did make somewhat of a difference. Before you could hear the latch release but the lid would not raise enough to get a a finger under it to lift it and if you tried to slide something under the lid to raise it, it would still be latched. Now after adjusting the male latch on the lid it will release and pop up just enough to get a finger under it and raise it. It took several adjustment tries to get it to that point but once it was working it has continued to work so for now I am going to live with it that way. It is usable. The problem is not in the catch assembly mounted inside the trunk. GM should have designed something much better than this for releasing the trunk without having to rely on an adjustment that has to be exact in order to just barely get it to work.
Jay
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From: DFW Texas
My understanding on the way it is SUPPOSED to work is that the gas charged trunk lid struts would pop the lid up an inch or two. You might replace yours to see if that would resolve your problem.
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Racer
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That's what mine does. It pops up maybe an inch, inch and half. Enough to get my fingers in there to lift it up anyway. The struts are still strong enough to hold the trunk lid up at that point.
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My struts still hold the trunk lid up very well but they do not pop up the lid enough to get my fingers in there to lift it. The adjustment that I made to the male part of the latch attached to the lid itself did help a little. Enough to be able to open it.
Thanks everyone
Jay
Thanks everyone
Jay