97 deville trunk latch
#1
97 deville trunk latch
Hi, anyone have a trunk latch that opens with the key, and clicks with the remote but doesn't open...same with dash button also. Trunk closes properly after opening with the key. Is the pawl broken ? I can't tell if it is because I didn't see what it looked like before the problem. Thanks Gary
Last edited by rabbit; 06-11-2009 at 12:01 PM.
#2
ok so if i understand..... key no prob..... but, fob, and dash button will not release latch, but DOES throw power to release?...... right? have you opened trunk and put latch as if trunk were closed and then try fob? check it and get back with what happens please
rickyd
rickyd
#4
looks like the tab ...shaped like a partial "C" isn't mating with the edge of the plunger edge, just not sure what it was suppose to look like in the first place...service manual i've had since i bought the car (gm) isn't specific enough
#7
Yes, I had to take the whole assembly down, and found that the tang was snapped off and fell under the trunk pad. The assembly just was too expensive for replacement when all I had to do was make a new tang out of a piece of aluminum and screw it right on top of the old one with two sheet metal screws to keep it from shifting side to side, and wha la, been working since. The piece that I made to fit was very small...has to be to not interfere with the movement. Peace.
#8
Thanks for keeping this post alive. I have been without an operative trunk for months. Same problem as rabbit. Could probably fix it the same way...but now not even my key will unlock it...how on earth do I open the trunk lid with it in the closed position when key, nor fob, will work?
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