Affected Component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:LOCK

Date Published
AUG 29, 2014
NHTSA TSB #
10098364
TSB Document
Summary
SOME VEHICLES MAY HAVE A LIFTGATE THAT DOES NOT OPEN WHEN THE LIFTGATE OPENER SWITCH (A) IS PRESSED.THIS CONCERN MAY BE DUE TO WATER ENTRY INTO THE LIFTGATE OPENER SWITCH CONNECTOR DURING A CAR WASH OR BY OTHER MEANS OF CONDENSATION. THE CONNECTOR TERMINALS MAY THEN BECOME CORRODED.