1988 Rear Hatch Motor Wiring

[aldaran]

I have a 1988 Camaro that had a busted rear hatch motor which has been replaced, but I cannot match one wire to any connection. I could not follow the original one since it was completely unplugged. The one wire I cannot match is white and from the relay. Can anyone help me out? Would really aprreciate it. Thanks in advance for all your replies.

[bru333]

Single white wire is for the cargo light. If you don't have a light in the rear panel just leave it be.

[aldaran]

Hatch Motor Wiring

Thanks! I will try it this weekend. Thank you very much! That solved the problem.

[bru333]

Got some clarification from Lon at Top Down Solutions..."On 1986 through either 88 or 89 (i.e. cars with a manual switch for the hatch light) it is unused. Starting in 1989 or 90 (whenever they switched to the hatch light without a manual switch) it plugs into a black with orange stripe wire which turns on/off the rear hatch light." http://www.top-downsolutions.com/

So, if you have a light with a manual switch next to it the white wire is not used, the light is connected to an orange wire from the harness.