I have a 96 Seville SLS. Trunk Motor will not pull lid down. I removed the motor and took to a local shop, they tested it with power and the motor does go up and down. The motor is clean, no obstructions.
I reinstalled it, the latch was in the down position. When I plugged in the wire harness, the latch went up. Closed the trunk. did not go down..
Took the motor out again and went back to shop, they powered it to the down position again for me.
My intention then was to re-install and not plug in, - basically giving me a regular trunk... NO - it will not latch tight- the latch catches but the trunk remains about 1 inch open. I assume that little black switching device on top of the motor is the culprit...
I guess the GM engineers want to make sure you have to buy a part...
I guess I have to bite the bullet and spend $95 at my local Caddy dealer..
Has anyone ever had this problem???
p.s. - I was carrying a bag of cement in the trunk and when I lifted it out I caught it on the latch and cement poured down the latch hole.
I cleaned it out best I could that night and the trunk shut.. Next morning the trunk open message was displayed. It is my fault if the switch burned out...
p.s. - I was not planning an Italian funeral ,,,lol...
I reinstalled it, the latch was in the down position. When I plugged in the wire harness, the latch went up. Closed the trunk. did not go down..
Took the motor out again and went back to shop, they powered it to the down position again for me.
My intention then was to re-install and not plug in, - basically giving me a regular trunk... NO - it will not latch tight- the latch catches but the trunk remains about 1 inch open. I assume that little black switching device on top of the motor is the culprit...
I guess the GM engineers want to make sure you have to buy a part...
I guess I have to bite the bullet and spend $95 at my local Caddy dealer..
Has anyone ever had this problem???
p.s. - I was carrying a bag of cement in the trunk and when I lifted it out I caught it on the latch and cement poured down the latch hole.
I cleaned it out best I could that night and the trunk shut.. Next morning the trunk open message was displayed. It is my fault if the switch burned out...
p.s. - I was not planning an Italian funeral ,,,lol...