GM Service Manual Online
For 1990-2009 cars only

Removal Procedure

  1. Open the rear compartment.
  2. Remove rear compartment lid carpet. Refer to Rear Compartment Lid Inner Panel Trim Replacement.

  3. Object Number: 324449  Size: SH
  4. Disconnect all of the electrical connectors to the electrical components that are attached to the lid.
  5. Tie a string to the rear compartment lid wire harness. Ensure that the string is long enough to allow you to feed the harness back through the rear compartment lid.
  6. Pull the harness wire out of the rear compartment lid and remove the string.
  7. Remove the push-in retainer from the hinge.
  8. Loosen the rear compartment trim as required to access the rear compartment lid harness.
  9. Disconnect the harness in the rear compartment.
  10. Remove the harness.

Installation Procedure

  1. Connect the harness in the rear compartment.
  2. Connect the new harness to the string.
  3. Pull the string back through the rear compartment lid until the harness is inside of the rear compartment lid.
  4. Remove the string from the wire harness.

  5. Object Number: 324449  Size: SH
  6. Connect the electrical connectors to the electrical components that are attached to the rear compartment lid.
  7. Install the push-in retainer on the hinge.
  8. Install rear compartment carpet. Refer to Rear Compartment Lid Inner Panel Trim Replacement.
  9. Close the rear compartment.