Hi all!

My girlfriend has a 2010 Fit that we bought this past summer. She has been having an issue that she just found out about in which the rear hatch does not lock. All the doors can be locked and still the hatch is able to be opened.

I searched a little and found out about the cover on the hatch that contains the locking mechanism. I popped that off this morning and I found 2 connectors that were not connected. A white connector that had a male and a female end and a green male connector that didn't have a female (that I could see)

I connected the white plugs, thinking that was the locking solenoid and when I did, the alarm went off. What is this plug and should it remain disconnected? It did not solve our problem. Has this been an issue with anyone before?

Thank you!

 

All three have to be connected to something.

Looking into the service manual, one male/female pair plug into each other for the latch switch... which is what tells the car the hatch is closed or not.

The remaining connector plugs into the locking mechanism (actuator) itself. This is what actually locks and unlocks the hatch.

If the alarm went off, there could be one of three reasons...

a) it was the right pair and the alarm was armed and it was just triggered "normally." It's "circuit open" with hatch closed, so "circuit closed" indicates hatch was opened.

b) it was the wrong pair and the alarm was triggered because of it.

c) it was the right pair... but something is faulty causing an "abnormal" trigger.

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I can think of at least two reasons why they were unplugged (and I'm sure there are plenty more).

The first being the previous owner either couldn't close the hatch properly, usually resulting in a drained battery if the light is on and/or failure to arm the alarm, since it sees the hatch as not being closed.

The other could be that the hatch or even just the actuator was replaced and whoever installed it failed to connect them properly (either left unplugged or poorly plugged as to dislodge themselves).

My guess is the former... and that the owner just refused to make sure the hatch was closed properly and instead did a "bypass."

 

Thank you! I will get that panel off and take a look at it this week.

 

Just an update, the green plug was not plugged into the actuator. I plugged that in and it works now!

Thanks for the help!