I never needed it as i always just used the fob, but it went bad filled with sand or road grit or whatever packed so tight the plunger wouldn't pry out, and it keep doing all this noises behind the navigation , so now that its fixed its so much easier to open the hatch with that button instead of opening the door and pushing or fumbling around for the fob, it is more convenient

 

I finally got around to working on the switch. I removed the light, the connector, and then the switch, popped the rubber button off, and took out the plunger. There was very little dirt/debris. I cleaned it up anyway and tested it with a multimeter for continuity in which there was none. I thought well this is going to cost me a whopping $16.08. Then I decided that if I was going to have to get a new switch anyway I might as well open this thing up and see if I could find another issue.

I pried out on two of the clips between the two halves of the switch and with a little side pressure the switch became two halves. That's when I saw it. Both sets, plunger and switch, of the contacts were green with corrosion. I cleaned them off with a q-tip and alcohol and then lightly polished them with a white Scotch Brite (c) pad until they were shiny again. I put the switch back together and tested it again with the multimeter and voila, continuity. I ops checked it several times with the switch completely back together on the bench. Once I was satisfied that it was truly 'fixed' I installed the assembly back into its hole, connected the wiring connector, and ops checked it on the 'Vette. Works as advertised.

The thing is; I bought this Corvette new on 24 June 2013, it rolled off of the assembly line 2/13, and it only has 1600 Miles, but this switch looked like it had been sitting in the middle of the Rain Forest for years. The day my wife and I bought the Corvette and drove the 196 miles home from Gaithersburg, Maryland to Lynchburg, VA the skies opened up and GOD cried on us for over 3/4 of the trip. Maybe that is where it came from, but who knows. It works now.

 

Being a brand new car why wouldn't you take it to your servicing dealer and let them properly address your problem? At that point the switch would have been replaced.

 

Why not? It was quick, easy, and well within the realm of my mechanical ability.

ETA: Even if I couldn't have fixed it I would have just bought the part from a Forum Vendor. It's just $16.08. Well worth not going to the hassle to get the local dealership, that I can't stand, to look at.

 

Where can you get this switch for $16? I looked at GM Parts House and it has this:

ELECTRICAL / BODY ELECTRICAL / TRUNK / LOCK SWITCH
LOCK SWITCH Corvette
Order By Color.
MSRP Core ? Save Online Price
$88.48 $0.00 $30.97 $57.51

This come to over $67 after the shipping is added on.

I would like to purchase one at $16. Can someone post the link to the switch at this low price?

I have a 2008 convertible

 

call them, you must be looking at the lock maybe, i bought mine from a local dealer who charges top dollar non discounts and paid around 20 dollars

 

Wrong part my friend.

Items Ordered:
Item: Lift gate - Gate and hardware - Release switch Release switch 2005 - 2010
Price: $16.08


In the search by keyword box enter "lift gate switch". The $16.08 pops right up!

The search in the 2008 locker gave me this result:


BODY HARDWARE / LIFT GATE / GATE & HARDWARE / Release SWITCH
Release switch

MSRP Core ? Save Online Price
$25.86 $0.00 $9.05 $16.81


Well poopie! The price went up!

That was at the GM Parts House with Gen Culley

Elmer

 

Thanks guys, I was looking at the wrong part. Local dealers have if for around $25. I took my switch apart and cleaned the contacts instead of just cleaning the dirt out of the exterior portion and it works fine now. Thanks for the corrections on the switch part. I don't know what I would do without this forum.