No emergency access lock for hatch / trunk in 2023 C8s

[Mach147]

Looks like two options are/were available, shown as numbers 12 and 14

Does anyone have the number 14 handle installed next to the latch in the engine bay? Maybe in some countries you have to have one? Possibly it might be easier to retrofit.

 

[Murray20c8]

14 is the child escape latch.

 

[Cariboocreek]

2023’s have not even been delivered yet and people are sourcing parts to fix GM’s screw ups. Lol. Maybe we don't buy a $150k car with potentially no access to the trunk. My $1700 1976 Volare always let me in the trunk, power or not. I guess on the other hand the frunk will always let you in, even at highway speeds. But once you have drank the kool aid I guess sound engineering and quality control are irrelevant.

 

[Mach147]

14 is the child escape latch.

So you have one on yours? I don't have a C8 yet so there is no way for me to check

 

[Murray20c8]

So you have one on yours? I don't have a C8 yet so there is no way for me to check

Ya, I used it last time I was locked in the trunk! Truthfully I never noticed it, but they are there by law.

 

[Mach147]

2023’s have not even been delivered yet and people are sourcing parts to fix GM’s screw ups. Lol. Maybe we don't buy a $150k car with potentially no access to the trunk. My $1700 1976 Volare always let me in the trunk, power or not. I guess on the other hand the frunk will always let you in, even at highway speeds. But once you have drank the kool aid I guess sound engineering and quality control are irrelevant.

Most of us here are gear heads, mods are what we like do for fun. Like I mentioned, I won't worry about it, but if I can improve it I will. Same way I modified our BMW X3 to remember the setting for the engine start/stop permanently. I enjoy the challenge of it. And if the C8 was perfect in every way, I'd still find something to change

 

[Riley P]

Maybe GM is doing it to reduce weight?

 

[Rruuff Day]

Maybe GM is doing it to reduce weight?

It will be likely a few years yet before we see a new thread in the C8 forum...My key fob (or my car battery) went dead and I can't get in.

 

[Murray20c8]

It will be likely a few years yet before we see a new thread in the C8 forum...My key fob (or my car battery) went dead and I can't get in.

Getting in is easy. With a dead battery you can't do anything so why bother.

 

[Rruuff Day]

Getting in is easy. With a dead battery you can't do anything so why bother.

So I guess a boost is out too?

 

[Murray20c8]

So I guess a boost is out too?

I was partly joking. There is a release cable under the dash for the frunk lid to get to the battery.
IF it's the fob you can get in with the key, but you can't start the car with the key, so you can't put it in neutral so it's hard to get towed.

 

[Rruuff Day]

I was partly joking. There is a release cable under the dash for the frunk lid to get to the battery.
IF it's the fob you can get in with the key, but you can't start the car with the key, so you can't put it in neutral so it's hard to get towed.

That would be a drag (pun intended)