I have a '91 Carat. Took me a while to figure out the locking/unlocking
sequence on the rear hatch relative to other doors being locked or not.
It's nice to have the electric locks on the driver and passenger door -
not so much on the rear hatch and sliding door. I may very well
de-comission the electric operation of the rear hatch and go for manual
only.

John

On 3/22/2014 10:52 AM, Grungy wrote:
> The combined advice of the respondents got me there.
> Swiss army knife short blade to cut off the plastic fasteners to
> remove the inner liner.
>
> Could then see that the power lock actuator was stuck in the way of
> allowing the lock mechanism to work. Removed the actuator and now the
> non-powered lock is capable once again of actuating the latch.
>
> I've repaired power lock actuators before (talk about adventures in
> figuring-it-out!) and I'll just "suffer" with manual locks now.
> Opens... locks... good enough for me.
>
> Thanks for the assist.
>
> At 9:28 AM -0600 3/22/14, OlRivrRat wrote:
>>       There is a possibility that this issue is related to the rest
>> of the CentralLockingSystem not working
>>
>> properly ~ On my '90, if the FrontDoors are not Unlocked then the
>> Key has NoEffect in the RearHatchLock ~
>>
>>
>>               ORR ~ DeanB
>>
>> On 22 Mar , 2014, at 8:19 AM, Grungy wrote:
>>
>>>  The rear hatch lock on my '89 Carat has failed locked.
>>  > I can't open it with the key.
>>>
>>  > Any tips on how to get the hatch open?
>>>  Haven't tried to peel the hatch liner off yet (with it closed).
>>>  I can replace the lock if I can get it open, provided that I can
>>> find a part.
>>  > (Too bad I already sold the one that I had from my parted-out '90.)
>
>
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>
> bcnu - Grungy  (Seabrook, TX)  opinions are just that.obviously.
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