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kmarshall2121 · 05-26-2021, 10:36 AM

So, recently happened and is getting progressively worse. Hit the button for the trunk release from my drivers door, and it will click multiple times, sometimes the trunk lid will release - sometimes not. Then other times, if it did release, the lid will not latch when closing it. I have to push the button a couple more times to get the 'cycle' back in line, if that makes sense. Any thoughts on what is causing this? The button itself? Actuator within the locking mechanism, if there is one..? help...? Thanks

xstuntman · 05-26-2021, 10:54 AM

Shoot a little WD40 in there and see if it helps, if so a little white lithium wouldn't hurt.

kmarshall2121 · 05-26-2021, 10:57 AM

Not sure that's it - what is making it click multiple times?

xstuntman · 05-26-2021, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by kmarshall2121

Not sure that's it - what is making it click multiple times?

Its dirty, gummed up, and the body module is still trying to unlock would be my guess.
WD40 will wash it out and temporarily give it some lube.

SSFury · 05-26-2021, 12:42 PM

Mine does this occasionally as well. Will try some white lithium.

SSEssence · 05-26-2021, 01:16 PM

If it clicks, the button is doing its job, looks like the mechanism is gumming up.

joekono · 05-26-2021, 02:10 PM

I can tell you first hand about this "button" because I just dealt with it this past weekend when I installed my yellow interior trim kit(pictures soon of the kit install). As for your issue, that was the only switch that I had an issue with when I had the door panel off and I had to pull it apart to get the wire harness to release. This gave me an idea of how the button works. When you press down, there is a rubber piece that "springs" back and forth with a round metal contact that activates the circuit when you press down. I can say, the rubber piece is a little flimsy and it had to be perfectly lined up when I closed the switch. There's a good chance that it gets "stuck" in the contact position when you push it down or vice versa because it is starting to rip. Now the idiot in me noticed after I installed the kit that my mirrors were not moving and of course I forgot to plug in that connector. I can take a door panel off of a Gen5 pretty fast now

. Hope this helps and good luck!

JD555 · 05-29-2021, 07:25 AM

Are the little springs that pop it open still there? They look like switches and should be 2. Mine keep popping inside the truck lid cover. I used to take it off to get them out now I just pry the cover up and they fall out and I stick them back in the hole.

kmarshall2121 · 06-02-2021, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JD555

Are the little springs that pop it open still there? They look like switches and should be 2. Mine keep popping inside the truck lid cover. I used to take it off to get them out now I just pry the cover up and they fall out and I stick them back in the hole.

has nothing to do with those - the mechanism keeps clicking, and occasionally when it does, it stcks in the unlocked position and the trunk lid wont close. I have to cycle through by pressing the button again a few times...

Update: seems the WD40 trick worked. Must have been gummed up, or sticking somehow... Thanks!

xstuntman · 06-02-2021, 03:52 PM

Good to hear.
What did we do before WD40?

ElderJ · 06-03-2021, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by xstuntman

Good to hear.
What did we do before WD40?

Spit

Fogey · 06-13-2021, 08:03 PM

Thought this thread might be about my cars possessed trunk. Periodically I get into it in the garage and find from the dash that the trunk is open though I know I closed it the last time I used the car. I assumed it was my fob getting pushed while in my pocket. Today I walked behind it in swim trunks, no pockets, no fob and the trunk popped open.
The only thing I can think of is that it is picking up a random signal from somewhere on our street.
It never happens with the doors. Just the trunk.

Car Nation Videos · 06-15-2021, 12:01 AM

Weak battery Caused my trunk to act up. Replaced the battery and now it works perfect.

05-26-2021, 10:36 AM	#1
kmarshall2121 Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary Edition Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,618 View My Garage	Trunk release is possessed So, recently happened and is getting progressively worse. Hit the button for the trunk release from my drivers door, and it will click multiple times, sometimes the trunk lid will release - sometimes not. Then other times, if it did release, the lid will not latch when closing it. I have to push the button a couple more times to get the 'cycle' back in line, if that makes sense. Any thoughts on what is causing this? The button itself? Actuator within the locking mechanism, if there is one..? help...? Thanks

05-26-2021, 10:54 AM	#2
xstuntman Drives: 2012 Victory Red LFX Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: west central Texas Posts: 1,310	Shoot a little WD40 in there and see if it helps, if so a little white lithium wouldn't hurt. __________________ 2018 SS wheels, red Heritage grille, actual driving lights, ZL1 strut tower brace, GM Performance billet aluminum fuel door, front grille Bowtie delete, painted red rotors and calipers, 1/4 window American Flags, splash guards, AEM dry panel air filter.

05-26-2021, 12:42 PM	#5
SSFury My Road Rage is Legendary Drives: 2011 IOM 2SS/RS "Fury" Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sahuarita AZ Posts: 735 View My Garage	Mine does this occasionally as well. Will try some white lithium. __________________ Every Time You Buckle Up In That Car, Tonight Might Be The Night That You Die.

05-26-2021, 01:16 PM	#6
SSEssence Instagram: Sangstah Drives: 2019 Camaro 1LE Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Buena Park, CA. Posts: 2,800 View My Garage	If it clicks, the button is doing its job, looks like the mechanism is gumming up. __________________ 2019 SS 1LE - "CaSSandra" 2014 SS - "AleSSandra - Sold" 94 Z28 - Sold Follow the build https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=612717

05-26-2021, 02:10 PM	#7
joekono Drives: Camaro Convertible 2014 1LT Join Date: May 2019 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,013 View My Garage	I can tell you first hand about this "button" because I just dealt with it this past weekend when I installed my yellow interior trim kit(pictures soon of the kit install). As for your issue, that was the only switch that I had an issue with when I had the door panel off and I had to pull it apart to get the wire harness to release. This gave me an idea of how the button works. When you press down, there is a rubber piece that "springs" back and forth with a round metal contact that activates the circuit when you press down. I can say, the rubber piece is a little flimsy and it had to be perfectly lined up when I closed the switch. There's a good chance that it gets "stuck" in the contact position when you push it down or vice versa because it is starting to rip. Now the idiot in me noticed after I installed the kit that my mirrors were not moving and of course I forgot to plug in that connector. I can take a door panel off of a Gen5 pretty fast now . Hope this helps and good luck! __________________

05-26-2021, 10:57 AM	#3
kmarshall2121 Drives: 2012 45th Anniversary Edition Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,618 View My Garage	Not sure that's it - what is making it click multiple times?

05-29-2021, 07:25 AM	#8
JD555 Drives: 2014 2SS RS, 6 sp man Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Marlton, NJ Posts: 461	Are the little springs that pop it open still there? They look like switches and should be 2. Mine keep popping inside the truck lid cover. I used to take it off to get them out now I just pry the cover up and they fall out and I stick them back in the hole.

06-02-2021, 03:52 PM	#10
xstuntman Drives: 2012 Victory Red LFX Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: west central Texas Posts: 1,310	Good to hear. What did we do before WD40? __________________ 2018 SS wheels, red Heritage grille, actual driving lights, ZL1 strut tower brace, GM Performance billet aluminum fuel door, front grille Bowtie delete, painted red rotors and calipers, 1/4 window American Flags, splash guards, AEM dry panel air filter.

06-13-2021, 08:03 PM	#12
Fogey Drives: 2011 2SS/RS A6, IOM Join Date: May 2009 Location: West Los Angeles Posts: 1,236	Thought this thread might be about my cars possessed trunk. Periodically I get into it in the garage and find from the dash that the trunk is open though I know I closed it the last time I used the car. I assumed it was my fob getting pushed while in my pocket. Today I walked behind it in swim trunks, no pockets, no fob and the trunk popped open. The only thing I can think of is that it is picking up a random signal from somewhere on our street. It never happens with the doors. Just the trunk. __________________ "...when the driver steps on the gas, I want him to s--t his pants." Enzo Ferrari

06-15-2021, 12:01 AM	#13
Car Nation Videos YouTube-Car Nation Videos Drives: 2010 Chevrolet Camaro Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Florida Posts: 246	Weak battery Caused my trunk to act up. Replaced the battery and now it works perfect.