TORCH

RUT ROH!

Take it easy on these guys. C5 folks asked some pretty dumb questions when they were new. Of course Al Gore had not invented the internet when they made the first C4. Wait til the first C6 driver forgets to latch the top on his coupe. That'll make a BIG splash in here. This may be more fun than picking on C4 drivers.

John George

Just say no.

Thud

It's just a hatch.
It should be reasonably easy to close even for the most dim-witted individual possessing an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology.

barkingowl

So according to the video you grasp the handle & pull down firmly. That seems awkward to me. What happens if you grasp the lip of the hatch & pull down?

Vette_DD

Initially, you get your fingerprints all over the lip of the hatch. Eventually, you wear the paint off of the lip of the hatch.

VITIS

I didn't think mine was working right - had to close hatch to about an inch then press down until it pulled close - so I took it back by the dealer yesterday to get it check out. Didn't find a problem, said it was due to air lock, all was explained in the owner DVD, and that there was no adjustment. The power hatch closer is there to solve the problem of the C5 hatch that needed a window open or a 2 handed slam, nothing in my DVD or owners manual. The dealer is expecting another C6 in Fri. I want to try them side by side before I'll accept "normal".

427-Z06

The way the hatch works is just lame. I had a 1990 Camaro and all you had to do was lightly drop the hatch and it would be pulled down and latched by a motor. Just bring back the way the hatched closed on the 3rd gen f-bodies. It seems really silly that GM would engineer a worse solution for the C6. I have decided at this point that the mechanism on the C6 is worthless and i have to slam the hatch just like my C5. Thanks for wasting development dollars and increasing the cost of the vette. Typical GM. What a great car but there are always little bonehead items that you can't believe made it through a review process in development.

C6 Fan

Mike,
the C6 has a "chinching" latch that assists the latching of the hatch once it hits the secondary latch position (like when the the door isn't quite shut but is still latched).

The new latch does the job the 2 latches did on the C5 hatch and fights the same problem, Air Bind. Your new C6 is sealed so tight it is difficult to close consistently unless you have a door open/window down.

Try this, when you shut the hatch, close it with some force and leave your fingers on the hatch as the striker hits the latch. You will find the force needed to close the hatch is much less than trying to slam it shut.

When the top is off or the window is down, just let it drop.

Hope this helps

C6 Fan

tT-REXXX

If you saw the dis.channel show dave was laughing trying to close trunk.when they fixed it it woud pull itself closed

Buster1

I don't mean to slam anyone here, but COME-ON guys. It's NOT that hard to do. Mine has worked EVERY time.

The hatch isn't supposed to be like some fancy, futuristic, jet fighter canopy, powered mechanism. Close the hatch carefully/normally until it rests naturally on its latch. Then press down on the hatch (you'll hear a click) and it will "suck" itself down the rest of the way.

If you're expecting it to work like a 1990s Caddilac where it will pull itself shut from a height of 3 inches...you've come to the wrong ballfield.

Nuf-said.

mikeyc6

Sorry. Many of them simply do not work that way. Mine only sucks itself down from the first click about 1/3 of the time. If you'd read the responses here, others are having the same issue. I saw Dave Hill do exactly what you suggest above on the Discovery video and it worked (as it should). Problem is, mine (and some others) are simply not pulling down on that first click like it did for Dave. It seems like it should work by resting first and then clicking, but it isn't working that way... reliably. As a result, I just slam mine.

Mike

webdzynes

DAMN! I've been pushing it instaed of pulling it! This new technology is amazing!

Diego M

this thread still going?

Runesabre

Having opened and closed the hatch several times of my new C6 for the last couple of days, I can say that the auto-cinching mechanism isn't as consistent and reliable as I would like it to be.

Lerxst2112

But then one would need the optional front end "tractor pull" weight set and/or wheelie bars...

natejohn

VERY "hit and miss"

Jinx

It sucks that it's not easier, but...

...if the car didn't require special techniques for common operating tasks that are simple on all other cars, it wouldn't be a Corvette. :-)

It makes the car more special.

.Jinx

GDP

TTT, need more suggestions.

richbell

OMG.. that is the biggest external slam handle I have even seem. That looks like a good method of lowering the rear by about 1/2 inch.

Vette_DD

Use your preferred method, out of all the preceding posts, or make up your own. Then, when it still doesn't latch, push down gently until it does. My method finally failed last night for 1 time out of 5.