{"id":14012,"date":"2020-11-24T13:51:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T18:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=14012"},"modified":"2020-11-24T14:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T19:49:44","slug":"hood-latch-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=14012","title":{"rendered":"Hood Latch Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When replacing the hood latch (Fig. 16) on 2016-2018 Camaros, the service replacement hood latch will require the use of a new connector. The new service latch has a three-wire connector while the original latch on 2016-2018 models only has a two-wire connector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14002\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F16-latch-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F16-latch-1.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F16-latch-1-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F16-latch-1-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F16-latch-1-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Obtain the new connector from the GM Electronic Parts Catalog. Remove the yellow wire and terminal from the new connector. It is also acceptable to cut the wire 1-2 inches from the connector and tape off the end of the wire.<\/p>\n<p>The schematic in the Service Information shows a purple wire on the hood latch (Fig. 17); on the new connector this is a red wire. Connect the red wire on the connector to the BN\/GN wire in the vehicle harness. Connect the black wire on the connector to the black wire on the vehicle harness.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14003\" src=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F17-latch-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F17-latch-2.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F17-latch-2-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F17-latch-2-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/F17-latch-2-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Refer to #PIC6421 for additional information and part numbers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Thanks to Dave Goodrow<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When replacing the hood latch (Fig. 16) on 2016-2018 Camaros, the service replacement hood latch will require the use of a new connector. The new service latch has a three-wire [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14014,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\/revisions\/14014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}