Bizarre gadget in C8
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Bizarre gadget in C8
There are lots of features about the C8 that would vie for most interesting, coolest, greatest, most useful. But you'd be hard-pressed to find a gadget that was more bizarre than this one. Page 26 of the Owner's Manual describes it as a "glow-in-the-dark emergency hatch/trunk release handle on the inside back wall of the storage compartment." The manual goes on to say that: "This handle will glow following exposure to light. Pull the release handle to open the hatch/trunk from the inside."
The first and most obvious question is what could this possibly be used for? In the C7 series, you could climb through the trunk and pull a similar cord to open the trunk in an emergency where no key was available. But in the C8, with the engine in the way, the major question is how the heck would you get access to this gadget without a key? If anyone figures this out, please let me know.
The first and most obvious question is what could this possibly be used for? In the C7 series, you could climb through the trunk and pull a similar cord to open the trunk in an emergency where no key was available. But in the C8, with the engine in the way, the major question is how the heck would you get access to this gadget without a key? If anyone figures this out, please let me know.
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May 23, 2020, 11:05 AM
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It is required in all US cars with an enclosed trunk and has been since 2001. It was made mandatory because of kids playing and locking themselves in trunks, and worse yet, folks getting abducted and stuffed there.
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It is required in all US cars with an enclosed trunk and has been since 2001. It was made mandatory because of kids playing and locking themselves in trunks, and worse yet, folks getting abducted and stuffed there.
Last edited by Foosh; May 23, 2020 at 11:11 AM.
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How is this “bizarre” if it’s been a federally mandated requirement for nearly 20 years?
https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...-trunk-release
https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...-trunk-release
Last edited by BIG Dave; May 23, 2020 at 11:26 AM.
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Thanks, I will make sure my wife never gets to see the owners manual.
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Seems to me this is one of few threads where the answers remained factual without insults . . . so far. OP asked the specific question and got multiple factual answers all saying the same thing.
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