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Rear Hatch on 1994 Standard Corvette

abuelodill

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1978 Ann. Edition 1994 standard Torch Red
Nothing works to open the hatch. How can it be opened to get to the relay? Cannot get the hatch open with the door switch or the switch in the console. Cannot find the emergency switch near the actuator. Help!
 
Welcome to CAC. :w Hopefully someone will be by soon to answer your question. CAC is full of very knowledgeable and helpful people! Quite honestly, I don't remember about how to do it. I haven't had a C4 in 8 years.
 
Are you sure it's not just stuck on the weatherstrip? Try lifting the gas lid so you have room to get your fingers under the glass.

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Nothing works to open the hatch. How can it be opened to get to the relay? Cannot get the hatch open with the door switch or the switch in the console. Cannot find the emergency switch near the actuator. Help!

Reach under the rear cover shade and pull the carpet down around the latch area. You should see a short metal pull cable. Tug on that and the latch should release allowing the hatch to open.

 
Rear Hatch 1994 Standard Corvette

Thanks for the reply. I found the release, it is short, and got the hatch open. Replaced the relay and that was not the problem. Checking out the solenoid. Also extended the emergency pull!
 
When you use one of the hatch release switches can you hear that relay you replaced make a click?

If you do hear a click the problem is usually a bad ground connection inside the hatch release solenoid.

Below is a link how to fix it. You do have to open up the metal housing and resolder the ground connection.

To test the solenoid unplug the two pin connector. Apply 12 volts and ground direct to the solenoid and it should activate.

You can also use an ohm meter and measure across the two pins and verify there is low resistance across the solenoid pins.

If you don't hear a click from the relay.

Verify you have 12 volts on the Orange wires at the relay which are hot all the time. The 12 volts comes from the Hatch fuse located on the passenger side end of dash fuse box.

I don't have documentation for a 94 but do have the schematics for a 93 and 95 which use the same circuit but some of the wire colors are different.

To test the relay on a 93 ground the Brown wire. The relay should click/energize,
On a 95 you ground the Light Blue wire. The relay should click/energize. If the relay clicks that points
to a bad hatch release solenoid.

This is what the hatch release solenoid looks like. Don't confuse it with the hatch release relay.



Here's how to fix a defective hatch release solenoid.

15 cent Rear Hatch Solenoid Repair... - CorvetteForum - Chevrolet Corvette Forum Discussion
 
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