Chevrolet is Killing the Cylinder Lock for the 2023 Corvette’s Rear Hatch and Trunk

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Here’s a function on that appeared on the 1st three design many years of the Corvette Stingray but evidently, GM is retiring it for the 2023 Corvette product year.

For many years, Chevrolet has presented a bodily critical that could be utilised to open up the driver’s facet doorway or the rear hatch to acquire access to the motor vehicle. The important was saved in the fob and the locks were being concealed underneath the driver-side boomerang and on the exterior rear of the auto guiding the license plate. In the scenario of your battery being dead which renders the digital locks inoperable, you would basically use the keys furnished to attain access to the auto.

GM is now indicating that commencing with the 2023 Corvette versions, they are performing absent with the cylinder vital lock mechanism for the rear hatch. For access to the rear hatch, they suggest employing any of the 3 electronic buttons (driver’s aspect door, keyfob, hatch launch button) 1st. In case there is an situation with the latching system that has seized, the only option for opening it is to use a 3-inch gap-saw and drill into the hatch so that the fasteners keeping it shut can be launched. 

Listed here is the specialized update from General Motors:

If you want to access the rear compartment on a 2023+ product year Corvette:
Endeavor to open up the rear hatch /rear compartment applying all 3 electrical tries. Consider the inside change, the exterior contact pad, and the important fob. This will electrically command the rear hatch/rear compartment to launch. There is no alternate strategy to gain obtain to the rear hatch / rear compartment if these attempts do not perform. The car will have to be damaged in order to open the rear hatch / rear compartment. See the part later on in this doc titled, “Accessing the rear hatch / rear compartment with a seized up latch.”
Accessing the rear hatch / rear compartment with a seized up latch:
1st get hold of a 3″ gap observed for the pursuing course of action. Mail the auto to a entire body shop as desired. Starting off at the trailing edge of the rear hatch / rear compartment, measure forward 3 and 1/2″. Make this mark at the centerline of the panel. This will be the middle of the gap that will have to be drilled into the panel. This will area the pilot gap locale correct in a part of the stingray emblem when it has been positioned properly. Drill a 3″ hole by means of the rear hatch / rear compartment panel. This will let the technician to carry the rear panel upwards and the little 3″ lower-out part of the panel will remain attached to the rear latch / striker assembly. The servicing technician will then have accessibility to the fasteners that hold the latch to the car or truck and can continue servicing the motor vehicle from there.”
We’re not precisely certain why this adjust was designed, but most probable it will come down to the cost of the locks and installing them on just about every C8 Corvette as opposed to the costs to guarantee a defective hatch system each time those concerns come up. Why there is not a handbook pull wire to open the rear hatch from the cockpit is one of the questions we have as we can envision most of the latch seizures are bound to take place extensive soon after the warranty has operate out.

UPDATE

Below is the pdf that was shared on the Corvette Forum detailing the alterations to the Rear Compartment Lock Cylinder on the 2023 Corvette. 

Resource:

CorvetteForum.com


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