CP

Tapping? There's your problem. I push and hold the button.

adtile

when I first recieved my car, I also have experienced the same issue of touching the botton (assuming the door would open) like millions of other car doors would
I went to a GM dealer, and even the GM SERVICE tech that specilizes servicing CORVETTES for 12 years DIDN'T know what was causing this
for whomever is experiencing the same, I guess we are all so stupid compared to the other people on here that are sooo smart and think that they know it all and have never had any issue

aetepi

Smart and strong. We press button and push with big muscles!

JerryU

And these "millions of other cars" have mechanical lever design MADE to have you push it open! Many are designed so you don't even know you're the one providing the force and movement!

Looked at the mechanical design and:
First: Understand why I don't have an issue and never did! I used the grab hold and press the latch release electrical switch with my thumb. So am pushing when I press the button. Only press once or better said press with thumb and don't release until door is open!
Second: GM could have made the button bigger with a bigger spring so you had to "Push Harder" to have the button latch release electrical switch activate. That way the force to push the button would open the door!

But then some folks would complain it's too hard to push!

jimmyb

Really?
No one called anyone stupid. I explained, in several posts, how the door button on a C8 (and C6 and C7) works. Welcome to victimhood, which you imposed on yourself with this post.

adtile

it's the smart *** remarks.like yours
I own a Mercedes and it has a button opening for inside and I DONT have to push. It's touch and out !
I have experience with push button and don't have that issue like my c8

jimmyb

^^^^
To assume the C8 works like an M-B is, as you discovered, incorrect. I told you how it works in 3 different posts...either take my FACTUAL experience and knowledge, having owned FOUR Corvettes with this door opener, or just keep on thinking the car is malfunctioning (it's not), Good luck.

PS. You get "smart ***" replies when NUMEROUS people tell you HOW the door operates and YOU ignore it.

jimmyb

It is designed this way so an inadvertent push (with your knee, for example) won't allow the door to open all the way (it will catch on the secondary latch), just like EVERY door handle would.
In my memory (been here 16 years) this NEVER came up with C6/C7. I can only assume that there are lots of first time Corvette owners with the C8.

Zymurgy

The only one that called anybody stupid was YOU!

The answer has been explained in multiple posts by multiple people in this thread. How about just taking their advice?

jimmyb

^^^
This.

Phil1098

The C8 doesn't have an issue, the owner does. To not hurt your feelings, I'm one of them. I didn't own a C6 or a C7 and I too have been doing it wrong. I'm fine with admitting I WAS DOING IT WRONG. It's no big deal, it's just ignorance (by definition is a lack of knowledge, stupidity is something different) and becoming both knowledgeable of the car and acclimated to it. To this day there are owners that don't know how to open the frunk with their fob after the OTA that changed it.

jimmyb

^^^
Thank you Phil!
Too many here "assume" the car is broken...so you explain HOW the door works and they ignore you and continue to whine that the car is broken.

jimmyb

Was the passenger window not indexing???

ladder13

Thanks folks, I was having the same issue. Maybe I was afraid of pushing on the door when in somewhat tight spaces.

Now, no issue.

Phanni

This post me me wonder about the ability of people to execute simple problem solving techniques.

Bluehinder

Nope, always opens on first push. Have you trimmed your fingernails?

mikemote

I was doing the same thing button twice now I found by one button push and using my knee to bump push the door works good for me

kong

What he said!

Buzzingwab

No need to tap the button multiple times or too quickly. People have the tendency to do that, thinking it would work faster. That's not the case, you just have a higher chance of ruining it! This only happened to me once, but I've learned to push the door while pressing the button once or twice. That's all I have to do. I remember this happened right when my garage door remote broke, and I had to change it completely! Bought a wooden one from https://doorsdirect2u.co.uk/product-.../garage-doors/. Terrible timing!!

LANZ06

This is correct. If you hesitate on pushing the door right away, you have to hit the button again.