Issues with the trunk latch Anyone?? - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

hantzum · 09-24-2009, 09:04 PM

Hey has anyone had any problems with their trunk not unlatching? Mine seems to never unlatch and the dealer has no idea what is causing it. A bunch of idiots as far as I am concerned. They said that this isn't the first issue that they have heard from this however I was wanting to know if anyone else out there was having the same issues? Let me know if yall do!!
Thanks

SSOOCH · 09-24-2009, 09:11 PM

I've had an issue with mine once. I hit the button on the door to open it, I heard it click, but when I went to the back of the car it was still locked shut. So I hit the button on my key fob and it popped open....could be the beginning of something.

mutant chicken · 09-24-2009, 09:14 PM

Had trouble when we first got the car, I found that if we unlock it first then there is no problem, but if we try to just pop the trunk it just makes the unlatch noise without opening.... weird.

SSouthernboy · 09-24-2009, 09:19 PM

My car does the same thing every once in a while, a few times I had to hit the button 3 times before the trunk popped. Just one of those things I will keep an eye on to see if it worsens.

O2BQIK · 09-24-2009, 09:21 PM

Use the search. There have been several threads about this.

VenomZ302 · 09-24-2009, 09:21 PM

I had that happen often with my G35, but haven't had it happen with the Camaro yet.

Jamie Mac · 09-24-2009, 09:22 PM

Mine once went click clic click multiple times. On the 3rd try it opened. Fbod told me to get it in. The ES car did the same. Swapped out the mecanism and alls well

slick rick · 09-24-2009, 09:23 PM

Check out http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33436

KJS · 09-24-2009, 09:47 PM

Push down on the trunk lid with one finger's worth of pressure when you push the trunk release button on the key fob. Not the cure, but if you need to get into the trunk, it will work. Beats crawling into the trunk to pull the inside release when you need to get into the trunk...trust me.
Of course, see your dealer.

bigd1276 · 09-24-2009, 10:04 PM

Mine has done it a few times but it's been a while. I would hit the button and i would hear a lot of clicks but it wouldn't unlock.

joerod97 · 09-24-2009, 11:53 PM

last week i hit the release button on the door and it clicked but did not open the trunk, Hit the remote button and still did not open. then the trunk ajar lite came on. tried both buttons again and nothing. Damn, thought i was going to the dealer. ! hour later I got into yhe back seat to go thru to the trunk and hit release switch. As I opened the doot the dash indicator was out and so I went around back and the trunk was open so I closed it and it hasnt happened since, Go figure????

kjordan227 · 09-25-2009, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by hantzum

Hey has anyone had any problems with their trunk not unlatching? Mine seems to never unlatch and the dealer has no idea what is causing it. A bunch of idiots as far as I am concerned. They said that this isn't the first issue that they have heard from this however I was wanting to know if anyone else out there was having the same issues? Let me know if yall do!!
Thanks

Mine does it from time to time. Have to push down on it then it will open. It is almost as if it did not latch properly when closed. I make sure to shut it hard now and I do not have the problem.

pinkcamaro10 · 09-25-2009, 12:09 AM

my trunk was permanently stuck closed. I had to have the whole latch replaced, and the guys at the dealership told me that they must have found a problem with them because the latch had been redesigned, it was different than the one on my car. They said they had a hell of a time getting my trunk open.

edit: mine started out only sticking every once in a while too, until one day i REALLY needed to open it and couldnt. So if you have this problem please get it fixed before it happens to you. Besides, my car had to sit at the dealership for 3 days because they had to order a new latch and didnt want to close the trunk because it took them so long to get it open.

Gentry78 · 09-25-2009, 12:13 AM

yup a bunch have came across this all you need to do is twist up the bump stops and grease up the latch or go to the dealer and have them put in a new one

but the first part is the simplest and should be the first thing to give a try

good luck

09-24-2009, 09:04 PM	#1
hantzum Drives: 98 camaro SS Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: odessa Tx Posts: 3	Issues with the trunk latch Anyone?? Hey has anyone had any problems with their trunk not unlatching? Mine seems to never unlatch and the dealer has no idea what is causing it. A bunch of idiots as far as I am concerned. They said that this isn't the first issue that they have heard from this however I was wanting to know if anyone else out there was having the same issues? Let me know if yall do!! Thanks __________________ Hantz Racing, Jake Hantz Odessa, TX 98 Camaro SS 408 4" stroke .040 bore eagle crank ported and polished LS6 stage 3 heads, Custom cams nitrous cam 698/682 with a 118+ lob, 300 2 stage shot custom nitrous wet kit, Power Glide with transbrake, complete BMR suspension, QA1 double adjustable struts and shocks, Reaction time on .500 Pro Tree-.0128, 60 ft. - 1.447, 330ft - 4.177, 1/8 mile - 6.409, MPH - 109.02, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4RuQS-DIow

09-24-2009, 09:11 PM	#2
SSOOCH Camaro SL,UTs Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS #16429 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Jordan, UT Posts: 7,358 View My Garage	I've had an issue with mine once. I hit the button on the door to open it, I heard it click, but when I went to the back of the car it was still locked shut. So I hit the button on my key fob and it popped open....could be the beginning of something. __________________

09-24-2009, 09:14 PM	#3
mutant chicken Mutant Member Drives: '10 SS/RS, '10 Mini , 07 Harley Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Nor-Cal Posts: 507 View My Garage	Had trouble when we first got the car, I found that if we unlock it first then there is no problem, but if we try to just pop the trunk it just makes the unlatch noise without opening.... weird. __________________ Ordered Oct. 13th, Del. Jun. 29th! CGM, 2SS/RS

09-24-2009, 09:21 PM	#5
O2BQIK Drives: 1991 Camaro RS Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dallas area Posts: 596	Use the search. There have been several threads about this. __________________ 2010 Camaro SS in black/beige: Sold. \| '91 Camaro RS: Still the dream car! '98 Camaro SS: Incon twin turbo. Sold \| '99 Camaro SS: Heads/cam/bolt-ons. Sold.

09-24-2009, 09:21 PM	#6
VenomZ302 Live to Win, Dare to Fail Drives: 2010 Aqua Blue RS/SS M6 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Charleston, SC Posts: 1,824 View My Garage	I had that happen often with my G35, but haven't had it happen with the Camaro yet. __________________ 3/13/09 - Ordered Aqua Blue Metallic 2SS/RS M6! 7/13/09 - Built! 8/11/09 - Delivered! 2G1FT1EW2A9124579

09-24-2009, 09:19 PM	#4
SSouthernboy Drives: 2010 CGM 2SS/RS Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 114 View My Garage	My car does the same thing every once in a while, a few times I had to hit the button 3 times before the trunk popped. Just one of those things I will keep an eye on to see if it worsens.

09-24-2009, 09:22 PM	#7
Jamie Mac NCM-WINR Drives: 2010 SS/RS IOM 2014 2LT Stingray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 2,324	Mine once went click clic click multiple times. On the 3rd try it opened. Fbod told me to get it in. The ES car did the same. Swapped out the mecanism and alls well __________________ also drives a heavily modified Jeep Wrangler. It has LED headlights and wheel weights blacked out with Plasti Dip. It's Baller.

09-24-2009, 09:23 PM	#8
slick rick SoCal Mayhem Drives: 2010 Camaro 1SS/RS Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Foothill Ranch, CA Posts: 5,488 View My Garage	Check out http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33436 __________________

09-24-2009, 09:47 PM	#9
KJS Drives: '10 RJT,'95&'14 Vette Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cut Throat, NY Posts: 1,723 View My Garage	Push down on the trunk lid with one finger's worth of pressure when you push the trunk release button on the key fob. Not the cure, but if you need to get into the trunk, it will work. Beats crawling into the trunk to pull the inside release when you need to get into the trunk...trust me. Of course, see your dealer. __________________ *"As ye sow, so shall ye reap" - Me* Mine at sunset

09-24-2009, 10:04 PM	#10
bigd1276 2017 HyperBlue 2SS Drives: 2017 HyperBlue Camaro 2SS Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: PA Posts: 2,137 View My Garage	Mine has done it a few times but it's been a while. I would hit the button and i would hear a lot of clicks but it wouldn't unlock. __________________ ] http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30755 2010 IBM 2LT RS......Traded for..... 2012 IBM 2SS RS......Traded for..... 2017 HBM 2SS

09-24-2009, 11:53 PM	#11
joerod97 Chevy Man Drives: 2010 2ss -black/black Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Folsom,ca Posts: 433 View My Garage	last week i hit the release button on the door and it clicked but did not open the trunk, Hit the remote button and still did not open. then the trunk ajar lite came on. tried both buttons again and nothing. Damn, thought i was going to the dealer. ! hour later I got into yhe back seat to go thru to the trunk and hit release switch. As I opened the doot the dash indicator was out and so I went around back and the trunk was open so I closed it and it hasnt happened since, Go figure????

09-25-2009, 12:09 AM	#13
pinkcamaro10 2G1FC1EV1A9110079 Drives: 2010 2LT/RS, 2013 2SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,756 View My Garage	my trunk was permanently stuck closed. I had to have the whole latch replaced, and the guys at the dealership told me that they must have found a problem with them because the latch had been redesigned, it was different than the one on my car. They said they had a hell of a time getting my trunk open. edit: mine started out only sticking every once in a while too, until one day i REALLY needed to open it and couldnt. So if you have this problem please get it fixed before it happens to you. Besides, my car had to sit at the dealership for 3 days because they had to order a new latch and didnt want to close the trunk because it took them so long to get it open. __________________

09-25-2009, 12:13 AM	#14
Gentry78 HOOK'EM Drives: 97 c1500/92 olds Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 5,279	yup a bunch have came across this all you need to do is twist up the bump stops and grease up the latch or go to the dealer and have them put in a new one but the first part is the simplest and should be the first thing to give a try good luck

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