Hatch Button

[TurboTom]

Hey guy, the button under the steering wheel that you push 2open the hatch has been missing since I bought my 98 firebird and im tired of using the key 2 open it everytime....is there a way 2 fix this..Thanks

[nascar24jd]

Re: Hatch Button

Remove the panel and see if the wire is back there. If it is then just buy the hatch button on ebay. There are several of them for sale on there for sale.

[ssms5411]

Re: Hatch Button

My switch is in the glove box to open the hatch, what year is your car?

[sceneiskeen]

Re: Hatch Button

i think the 96 or 97 + came with them on the bottom panel near your knees.

my 97 had it.
but the 95 i bought is i the glvoe box like yours ssms. It must have started 97+

[HyperHawk]

Re: Hatch Button

My button wont even push in. Its stuck idk i been using the keyless remote since i got the car

[TurboTom]

Re: Hatch Button

Took the panel off today and yes the wire was there..i played around with it and found a temporary solution until I buy the button.. you can take a regular wire and stick both ends into the hole and the hatch will open..maybe someone has the same problem and might find this usefull

[nascar24jd]

Re: Hatch Button

My switch is in the glove box to open the hatch, what year is your car?

Mine is a 1993 Firebird and the button is on the driver's side lower dash panel.

[Andy H]

Re: Hatch Button

you can get a switch at autozone, that's what I did

[IceHammer]

Re: Hatch Button

On the subject of having the Hatch button in the glovebox or under the driver dash, I believe any T-Top / Convertible will have the button in the glovebox so you can still have a semi-locked area in the hatch with the Tops off. It doesnt matter in the hard-top version of the car so they put it somewhere easier to reach.

Thats just a guess, but I had a 94 T-Top camaro with the switch the glovebox, and my 94 firebird w/out t-tops has the switch under the driver dash, so it makes sense.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: Hatch Button

4th gens always had it down there and Camaros only did after they changed the dash in 97, otherwise it's in the glovebox.