Too Simple To Figure Out Dept...!?!
The more smart or automatic an appliance becomes the more time and money you'll spend trying to make it work. Net result: You lose time and you lose a ton of money. Great for technician's income...
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I got a 1996 Cadillac two years ago (always wanted a Cadillac!--like Buck Owens and his "49 Cadillac") The trunk would not close. Turns out it has this electric pull down motor gizmo so you can't just slam it down like with a real car :)
I had to remove the electric gizmo and find the right screw down height for the pull down gearing (took me hours!) to get it so I could just slam down the trunk lid.
Luckily, the electric trunk release still works. Hate to imagine what they have done lately to make closing the trunk even more impossible.
Also the only way to get in it when locked, is to first go to the passenger door and unlock that, push the unlock doors button, and then go around to the driver's side and open the door. If you are silly enough to unlock the driver's door first, and open it, the horn starts blasting and alarms sound. No way to turn all that off! Then you run around to the passenger front door and unlock that, which gets the car calmed down.
It seems all these things can be fixed if you spend more than the car cost "used". Gottaluvit. :)
I had to remove the electric gizmo and find the right screw down height for the pull down gearing (took me hours!) to get it so I could just slam down the trunk lid.
Luckily, the electric trunk release still works. Hate to imagine what they have done lately to make closing the trunk even more impossible.
Also the only way to get in it when locked, is to first go to the passenger door and unlock that, push the unlock doors button, and then go around to the driver's side and open the door. If you are silly enough to unlock the driver's door first, and open it, the horn starts blasting and alarms sound. No way to turn all that off! Then you run around to the passenger front door and unlock that, which gets the car calmed down.
It seems all these things can be fixed if you spend more than the car cost "used". Gottaluvit. :)
