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Dec 18, 2015 | 11:43 PM

#21

owc6

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Curiouser and curiouser.

Dec 19, 2015 | 07:54 AM

#22

HoustonMidtown

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SD_Dave

Not on my car. Brake or not, the button works.
Anyone else with a '16 model who could test it?

2016 - the button doesn't work unless I am in Park

Dec 19, 2015 | 12:49 PM

#23

SD_Dave

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Quote:

Originally Posted by owc6

Curiouser and curiouser.

Maybe I've got Corvette version 0.95 beta software.

I think a visit to the dealer is order. Yuck.

Dec 19, 2015 | 07:43 PM

#24

jmmoh

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From: 1.9 miles from the center of arkansas

I bump mine getting out on occasion but getting better. No problem driving.

Dec 19, 2015 | 11:26 PM

#25

rcooper

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St. Jude Donor '15

Quote:

Originally Posted by juanvaldez

Yeah, guy who picked the location had to be a genius.

You know he was a genius because he had no common sense, which is why it is where it is.

Feb 3, 2016 | 05:04 PM

#26

SD_Dave

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A follow up:
So, I finally got the dealer to check this out for me. According to them, it's working the way it should. ...ohhhkayyy... But, they showed me that the switch can be accessed and unplugged. Here's photos:

I'm using a paint can opener tool.

I've inserted the business end of the paint can opener into the space just under the switch housing.

The housing will pry out.

Disconnect the plug from the switch...

...shove the cable into the hole...

...pop the switch back in. And voila, no more trunk switch!

Feb 3, 2016 | 05:48 PM

#27

joemessman

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Thanks! And done. I was getting pretty tired of tripping that SOB.

Feb 3, 2016 | 05:52 PM

#28

Wilross3

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From: Rock Hill SC

'15 M7 here, must have ebrake on to pop trunk.

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Feb 3, 2016 | 05:59 PM

#29

SD_Dave

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilross3

'15 M7 here, must have ebrake on to pop trunk.

My '16 M7 will pop with or without ebrake, clutch, whatever. Only if rolling will it not pop.

Feb 3, 2016 | 06:12 PM

#30

Red Rochester

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Originally Posted by juanvaldez

Yeah, guy who picked the location had to be a genius.

?????????????????????????

Feb 3, 2016 | 06:34 PM

#31

Rooster OG

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St. Jude Donor '15

Is the motion sensor a different interior package? My buttons got both:

Feb 3, 2016 | 06:57 PM

#32

gve

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I just ordered a 2016 what is the motion sensor is that a security system option.

Feb 3, 2016 | 07:42 PM

#33

Rooster OG

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St. Jude Donor '15

If you press it, the motion sensor is disabled until you cycle it again. Handy if you get out and leave a pet or an in-law in the car.

Feb 3, 2016 | 08:55 PM

#34

meyerweb

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From: Northern Virginia

My 2015 M7 won't open the trunk unless the parking brake is on, or the car turned off. I was trying to open the trunk one night so my son could get something out of it, in the pouring rain, and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't open. I've never hit that button with my knee, either.

Last edited by meyerweb; Feb 3, 2016 at 08:56 PM.

Jan 26, 2018 | 04:03 PM

#35

okaythen

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From: Nevada

thanks a lot I am unplugging it now, knee hit it by accident many times it's annoying!

Sep 16, 2019 | 01:30 AM

#36

James Walt

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From: columbus ms

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black&White

Someone needs to make a stick on raised bezel frame to go around that goofy button to make it more recessed. 1/8 of an inch is all it needs.

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Black and white,
I was thinking the same thing about the trunk button. my knee hits it a lot I am 6'3. maybe there is some can of bezel out there to enclose it enough for not to hit it.