Nevermind. My problem is tied to my FOB. See my previous thread(s) about failing batteries in my FOB.

 

I’m confused. You want to open the hatch using something other than the button on the fob, the button under the dash or the button above the license plate?

 

All C6s have a button right above the license plate. Take a look under the indentation where your license plate lights are.

 

ill put down 20 the op doesn't know about the button above the license plate

 

I know quite a few owners that were wondering why they got a key with the car....they didn't know they could open the hatch with a key or the button!!

Andy

 

When I discovered it, back when I bought the car, that "button" didn't do squat. So I checked my manual and it said, on page 2-14, "Press the hatch/trunk release button located on the rear of the hatch/trunk lid above the license plate, as long as you have your transmitter with you."

I pushed and pushed and it never did anything. I figured it was an option I didn't have, so my inquiry was to try to find a way to get it working.

After re-reading the manual entry, the last part made me think... I wonder if my battery eating FOB woes are related? It would appear so, as my second FOB worked fine. Go figure.

On that note, my FOB just chewed through its 6th battery in 11 months. Now I keep a bunch of spare batteries in my rear compartment, that way when I use the key to open the hatch (and the alarm starts blaring) it's quicker to grab a new battery and stick it in the remote. I usually take my remote apart before opening the hatch to save precious moments.

 

I should have bet before explaining the situation. I could have made a quick $20. I could have used that to buy some more CR2032's.

 

On another related note, since I'm in the mood to rant now, the hatch "pull down" works about 80% of the time. The other 20% it latches, but doesn't pull down. If the system has already armed, and you push it the rest of the way, the alarm sounds. I'm still surprised the alarm automatically arms when you're standing there with the hatch open.

Yet another electronic oddity, the "window indexing" feature, although handy, has malfunctioned a surprising number of times in a year of ownership. Most notably is when the passenger side failed to go from index level to closed. I never enter, or exit, from the passenger side, so I don't see that side often (unless I'm doing a parking lot walk around to check for dings). I washed my car, as I often do, and out of habit I start from the drivers side and spray the whole car off to clean the light dust and debris. Of course water got in the little index crack before I noticed it. I don't know how long it was down. I hadn't had a passenger in a couple days and I don't think it indexes otherwise. I usually fix it by rolling the window all the way down and back up. I tried the owners manual method the first time, but couldn't remember it the second time, so I just tried all the way down and back up, which worked.

For an $80K+ car, I would expect better. I hate electronic gremlins because they usually plague the car forever. At least the engine hasn't given me a lick of trouble (knock on wood).

 

[QUOTE=Dameon;1574113403]On another related note, since I'm in the mood to rant now, the hatch "pull down" works about 80% of the time. The other 20% it latches, but doesn't pull down.

This drives me crazy too! Anybody got any secret tricks or knowledge regarding the "pull down" feature??

Andy