Rear Hatch Power
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Rear Hatch Power
So today I was using my car and opened the rear hatch and then closed it, all working fine.
I get home maybe 45 minutes later, and pop the hatch at home, now it will not close. I've checked resistance and found that the problem is that the four little plates which make the connection with the prongs on the hatch are not getting power. The fuse is good. Any ideas?
I get home maybe 45 minutes later, and pop the hatch at home, now it will not close. I've checked resistance and found that the problem is that the four little plates which make the connection with the prongs on the hatch are not getting power. The fuse is good. Any ideas?
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
Well… Sounds stupid, but after 2 hours of tracking wires from the rear hatch I finally decided to go inside at 1 am leaving the rear hatch open all night:|
went up to bed, and came on here.. after not finding much, I went to sleep. In the morning I woke up, went outside to make sure my car was still good, and was so mad that my trunk was unlocked still, I slammed it.
What followed next was the all familiar electric noise, and a click. Somehow that worked?:S
went up to bed, and came on here.. after not finding much, I went to sleep. In the morning I woke up, went outside to make sure my car was still good, and was so mad that my trunk was unlocked still, I slammed it.
What followed next was the all familiar electric noise, and a click. Somehow that worked?:S
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
I don't get the problem. It won't open or it won't close? And why would it need power to close?
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
When you open it, the motor actually moves up. Then when you close it, the motor grabs it AFTER the two prongs from the hatch touch 2 of the 4 plates next to the motor.
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
You must have some kind of extra fancy hatch motor. Mine just releases the hatch when I press the button and doesn't do anything when I close it.
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
Yes, that's exactly how it works. I let it down, and for the last inch or so, you can actually hear the electric pull down motor working and then it clicks closed. If you disconnect the car battery, and open the hatch, it's impossible to close the rear hatch.
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Ohh, then we must have different types of hatch motors. Mine just closes like a normal hatch and opens either with the key or with the button between the power window buttons.
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https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...o-sub-box.html
Scroll down to post #10 and click on the thumbnail in the post. If you look on top of the rear grey panel, you'll see a brass looking plate. That is where the 2 prongs touch which in turn pulls down the hatch.
That plate is what wasn't getting power. Which is why it make absolutely no sense that when I slammed the hatch, it closed. But whatever. It works now:P
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
That's how mine opens too…
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...o-sub-box.html
Scroll down to post #10 and click on the thumbnail in the post. If you look on top of the rear grey panel, you'll see a brass looking plate. That is where the 2 prongs touch which in turn pulls down the hatch.
That plate is what wasn't getting power. Which is why it make absolutely no sense that when I slammed the hatch, it closed. But whatever. It works now:P
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/car-...o-sub-box.html
Scroll down to post #10 and click on the thumbnail in the post. If you look on top of the rear grey panel, you'll see a brass looking plate. That is where the 2 prongs touch which in turn pulls down the hatch.
That plate is what wasn't getting power. Which is why it make absolutely no sense that when I slammed the hatch, it closed. But whatever. It works now:P
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
LOL anyways, the rear hatch would not pull down. The motor wouldn't catch it.
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
My trunk has the little plate and it has those prongs and stuff but I have to slam mine close still I always thought it was the trunk automatic shutter too but then again maybe mine is broken because I replaced the fuse and it made the trunk release work again but the automatic trunk shutter still doesnt work.
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Re: Rear Hatch Power
My trunk has the little plate and it has those prongs and stuff but I have to slam mine close still I always thought it was the trunk automatic shutter too but then again maybe mine is broken because I replaced the fuse and it made the trunk release work again but the automatic trunk shutter still doesnt work.
That plate, I now realize, is simply for the third brake light. That's my mistake
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