Hatch release-mini rant
Safety Car
Joined: Feb 2016
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From: Bainbridge Island WA
You've got to be a contortionist to get in and out of these things anyway. My method is butt first, then swivel right, with right knee UNDER the steering wheel because I'll never get in otherwise. Getting out is even worse. I need a ladder.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 1999
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From: FL
Disable it or unplug it from behind the dash and just use your key fob to open the hatch possibly?
Intermediate
Joined: Mar 2018
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From: Florida
I have the opposite problem. I tend to hit in when I'm getting OUT of the car. The thing I have going for me is that I'm already out. However, I do get tired of pretending I meant to get something out of the trunk. 
I have considered disconnecting the switch but it seems I'm doing it less and less as time goes on.
I have considered disconnecting the switch but it seems I'm doing it less and less as time goes on.
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2004
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From: Gulf of America
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I manage to hit it every once in awhile. Poor location for the switch, IMHO.
I plan to make a raised cover around the button which will take care of the issue.
I plan to make a raised cover around the button which will take care of the issue.
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It's fun to watch, I'll tell you that. But once he is in all is good! Those seats he had made have very expensive thin padding in them. Fits him like a glove. I drove from Miami Beach to Lake Havasu with him and he did better than I did in the passenger seat. I don't like riding shot gun. Not enough room.
I am 6'2" and during the first week of ownership of my Z06 I bumped into that button a couple of times but now consciously avoid it. I agree it was poor design implementation and has bothered enough people that it should have been caught during design. Apparently GM largely relied upon the Wizard of Oz Munchkins when testing this part of the interior design.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Baton Rouge LA
Le Mans Master
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: Longview Texas
I have tried to hit the release with my knee and I can't do it..
It amazes me how some say they hit it all the time...
I sit sideways over into the seat, and swing my legs in one at a time... I usually have to guide my left leg in because my back is getting so bad, but have never hit the release.
I am tall, so my seat is pretty much all the way back, and I never use the memory function to move it.
It amazes me how some say they hit it all the time...
I sit sideways over into the seat, and swing my legs in one at a time... I usually have to guide my left leg in because my back is getting so bad, but have never hit the release.
I am tall, so my seat is pretty much all the way back, and I never use the memory function to move it.
Last edited by TEXHAWK0; Jul 11, 2018 at 12:27 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Lake Havasu City Arizona
I have tried to hit the release with my knee and I can't do it..
It amazes me how some say they hit it all the time...
I sit sideways over into the seat, and swing my legs in one at a time... I usually have to guide my left leg in because my back is getting so bad, but have never hit the release.
I am tall, so my seat is pretty much all the way back, and I never use the memory function to move it.
It amazes me how some say they hit it all the time...
I sit sideways over into the seat, and swing my legs in one at a time... I usually have to guide my left leg in because my back is getting so bad, but have never hit the release.
I am tall, so my seat is pretty much all the way back, and I never use the memory function to move it.