Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 10:21:25 GMT From: meld_b <meld_bnopsamo.com> Subject: Re: GM900 Back hatch frustration...
Thanks, but I don't think my scenario is the same. I very rarely close the trunk with the car locked. It's like the mechanism is actuated differently when the door mounted switch is used. Is this mechanism in the Haynes manual? -meld Nicky Serfling wrote: > "meld_b" <meld_bnopsamo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:401CB2AD.9040004nopsamo.com... > >>Does anyone else have the situation where the back hatch doesn't open by >>using the door mounted button? The remote works every time although if I >>wait a second or two before pulling the lid open it has the same symtom >>- it's like it locks again! The key always works. Maybe this is a >>"feature"? >> >>I do notice that if I hit the open button on the remote and wait >>probably more than 10 sec the alarm goes off... I think I read about >>this in the manual. >> >>This is a 1998 900S >> >>Thanks, >>-meld >> > > > The open button on the remote always works fine, but I have noticed the > problem with manual opening of the trunk, too. > I think it's like this: > If the doors are unlocked, you close the trunk and then lock the car. > Next time everything works fine, trunk can be openend manually. > But if the car is already locked and you close the trunk later, then unlock > the car, the trunk will not open manually. > > I don't know if it's a feature or a bug, I can live with it since I know how > it works ;-) > > Nothing of this is mentioned in the manual nor the dlr knows anything about > it. > But on the other side, my German dlr doesn't really know much about Saab, > although it's a Saab dlr. > > Cheers > > Nicky > 2003 9-3 Arc > >