rear hatch release - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

32valvesftw · 08-11-2015

I have a rear hatch release button in the center console and it works, but I read that there should also be a hatch release on the driver door jamb? not on my Z! is this a ZR-1 thing because our doors are a bit wider? Am I looking in the wrong place? Do other Z's have the hatch release button(s) on the door jamb?
Thanks

efnfast · 08-11-2015

I've got three. One in the center console, and one on each door. Not in the jam, but on the door itself.

We Gone · 08-11-2015

They changed over the years, It should be on the rear edge of the door panel at some point they dropped the passenger side hatch release. I'm sure someone will chime in as to when.

WVZR-1 · 08-11-2015

When the door trim changed in '94 the door switch on the RH side went away also I'm quite sure, the switch for the earlier years was in the arm rest section and they I'm sure seized the opportunity to maybe save some $$$'s.

GOLDCYLON · 08-11-2015

Your 91 should have 3 buttons. One in the console and two on the back edges of the inner door panels. Run your hand along the back edge of the inner door panel from top to midpoint and you will find the toggle button. Its marked in orange lettering as well. The same toggle is on the opposite door panel. The toggle faces towards the rear of the car where the door jamb meets the rear quarter panels.

WV is correct on the 94-96 C4s. To save a buck or two the right side door panel toggle was deleted however the bump out where it was susposed to go was still there on the door panel. GM just didnt punch out the hole

Did you also know you have a spare tire light as well ? 92 was the last year for that option as well

8cam · 08-11-2015

You made me go look. I had no idea there was a passenger side switch too, whaddaya know!

32valvesftw · 08-11-2015

Yep they are there right where you guys said. I am embarrassed I had to ask!

GOLDCYLON · 08-11-2015

Don't be embarrassed if nobody ever asked. Nobody would know

Z51JEFF · 08-12-2015

The switch has always been on the rear door panel going back to 84.

MickeyD · 08-12-2015

I always know they are on the doors. I open the hatch every time I clean the doors with a rag. Always makes me jump.

08-11-2015	#1
32valvesftw Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Texas Posts: 530	rear hatch release I have a rear hatch release button in the center console and it works, but I read that there should also be a hatch release on the driver door jamb? not on my Z! is this a ZR-1 thing because our doors are a bit wider? Am I looking in the wrong place? Do other Z's have the hatch release button(s) on the door jamb? Thanks

08-11-2015	#2
efnfast Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Dunbarton NH Posts: 7,491	Re: rear hatch release I've got three. One in the center console, and one on each door. Not in the jam, but on the door itself.

08-11-2015	#3
We Gone Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: ATL. GA. Posts: 2,170	Re: rear hatch release They changed over the years, It should be on the rear edge of the door panel at some point they dropped the passenger side hatch release. I'm sure someone will chime in as to when. __________________ Steve 1990 Steel Blue/Black #2355 1990 Red/Red #1473 1991 Quasar /Black #118 Sold 1991 Turquoise/Black #766 Parted Out 1993 Yellow/White #179 Sold 1990 Black/Gray #1361 Headers/4:10s Sold

08-11-2015	#4
WVZR-1 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,890	Re: rear hatch release When the door trim changed in '94 the door switch on the RH side went away also I'm quite sure, the switch for the earlier years was in the arm rest section and they I'm sure seized the opportunity to maybe save some $$$'s.

08-11-2015	#5
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	Re: rear hatch release Your 91 should have 3 buttons. One in the console and two on the back edges of the inner door panels. Run your hand along the back edge of the inner door panel from top to midpoint and you will find the toggle button. Its marked in orange lettering as well. The same toggle is on the opposite door panel. The toggle faces towards the rear of the car where the door jamb meets the rear quarter panels. WV is correct on the 94-96 C4s. To save a buck or two the right side door panel toggle was deleted however the bump out where it was susposed to go was still there on the door panel. GM just didnt punch out the hole Did you also know you have a spare tire light as well ? 92 was the last year for that option as well __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V Last edited by GOLDCYLON; 08-11-2015 at 03:56 PM.

08-11-2015	#6
8cam Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 451	Re: rear hatch release You made me go look. I had no idea there was a passenger side switch too, whaddaya know! __________________ Mark '90 ZR-1 #1322 Daily Driver, 64k and counting Black/Gray [IMG]http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb49/mlitherland/IMG_0326_zps3d50d8cb.jpg[/IMG]

08-11-2015	#7
32valvesftw Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Texas Posts: 530	Re: rear hatch release Yep they are there right where you guys said. I am embarrassed I had to ask!

08-11-2015	#8
GOLDCYLON Join Date: May 2007 Location: Peoria, AZ Posts: 9,155	Re: rear hatch release Don't be embarrassed if nobody ever asked. Nobody would know __________________ GOLDCYLON - 91 ZR-1 #2014 GOLDCYLON - 90 ZR-1 #2794, 4L60e (Formerly Schrade's) GOLDCYLON - 11 CTS-V Arizona State Director 91 WHITE/BLACK #2014. 380 P&P&PCed,Ported Heads, Jeal Long tubes, Corsa Exhaust/FIKSE FM-5s /LED TLs, LED Headlights, Front Wilwood 6 piston narrowlite calipers and rear Wilwood caliper street shop mod,CNCed Coolant Pipes,TPI Cvr,Filter cover,Stainless Bolts, DRM/DOM PROM /ZFDOC mod build #102,DRLs,BMAD with stainless Debris Screen,Coplan Air Blaster, Pioneer APP Radio 4,Brey-Krause HB,Sub Bar,Fire extinguisher seat mount,DRM Coilovers,LEDs everywhere,Compass mirror (orange),V1 DIC hidden display, Homelink sun visor, Carbon Fiber top x3 and APSIS Carbon Fiber interior, APSIS CF Steering Wheel/NAPA Leather, Banski trailing arms, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension) ZFDoc drive shaft safety loop, raptor shift light (orange),AO engineering louver front plate, Console seat cushion, 96CE seats with black custom Sheepskins, ss billet catch can,Viper remote entry/alarm,Cragar Rear Louvers,LED side louver lights, Dewitts Radiator with SPAL fans and a Woods 160 T-Stat 90 RED/BLACK #2794. 4L60e Automatic Stage V by RPM Transmission, TCI Dedicated TCM, OBX Stainless Headers, Corsa Exhaust, SAN Secondaries and Haibeck PROM, Exotic Muscle Coil overs, LED Interior Lights, LED Tail Lights, LED Headlights, 94 Sport seats with black custom Sheepskins , Cragar rear louvers, GS Front calipers, Banski Trailing arms, APSIS Carbon Fiber steering wheel, Front and Rear Baer Eradispeeds, DRLs, Guldstrand front suspension,urethane bushings from Prothane (total suspension), Dewitt's Raditor with Dual SPAL fans and a Haibeck 170 T-Stat 11 RED/GREY CTS-V

08-12-2015	#9
Z51JEFF Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fremont,Ca Posts: 3,079	Re: rear hatch release The switch has always been on the rear door panel going back to 84.

08-12-2015	#10
MickeyD Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Conroe Texas Posts: 315	Re: rear hatch release I always know they are on the doors. I open the hatch every time I clean the doors with a rag. Always makes me jump. __________________ 1990 ZR1 Red/Black #2469 1990 ZR1 Black/Black #843 1993 ZR1 Ruby 40th Anniversary #112