ISO tailgate or Left side Tailgate latches for a 2004/2005 GMC XUV

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Syeno614

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I am searching for the upper and lower left side gate latches for a GMC XUV (the one that turns into a truck). My upper latch housing is completely demolished and there is no fixing it.
So I need to either replace the latch(s) or replace the whole gate.
Does anyone know where I can track one down?
 
I have both of the latches, but they are in my spare tail gate. As of the moment, they arent for sale.

I purchased new ones on eBay a while ago. Will see if I can find them again.

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So the part #'s you are looking for are..
15778433 Left Upper
15778434 Right Upper
15778435 Left Lower

There are superceded part #'s, not sure what they are, and they appear to not be available.

All 3 are discontinued thru GM
Not seeing any on eBay either.
 
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TollKeeper said:
I have both of the latches, but they are in my spare tail gate.

I purchased new ones on eBay a while ago. Will see if I can find them again.
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thank you! I have been scouring everywhere and striking out. I can't even seem to find a gate. I believe I can clean up the lower one. The upper one is definitely broken.
 
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The endgates are out there.. But are not cheap!

This one is 750 bucks!
www.ebay.com

Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate Endgate Fits 04-05 ENVOY XUV 103571397 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate Endgate Fits 04-05 ENVOY XUV 103571397 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
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I know one of my local yards has a XUV in stock, but I am done wrenching on cars for a while. Back cant do it anymore..

Try here.. Looks like there are a couple in PA


The one in Dawson, PA is cheap, and appears complete, and appears rust free.
 
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TollKeeper said:
The endgates are out there.. But are not cheap!

This one is 750 bucks!
www.ebay.com

Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate Endgate Fits 04-05 ENVOY XUV 103571397 | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Trunk/Hatch/Tailgate Endgate Fits 04-05 ENVOY XUV 103571397 at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!
www.ebay.com

I know one of my local yards has a XUV in stock, but I am done wrenching on cars for a while. Back cant do it anymore..

Try here.. Looks like there are a couple in PA


The one in Dawson, PA is cheap, and appears complete, and appears rust free.
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Thank you! I’ll take a look around. I’ve seen the superseded part numbers but they are all discontinued as well.
 
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There is an XUV at my local u-pull-it. I saw it 2 days ago. If anyone could post a pic of what is needed ill try to see if its available. I looked at the parts on the GM website but Id like to be sure and get the right thing.
I guess I should try to strip it clean. Might be a good investment since so many of these parts are discontinued...
 
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There is an XUV at my local u-pull-it. I saw it 2 days ago. If anyone could post a pic of what is needed ill try to see if its available. I looked at the parts on the GM website but Id like to be sure and get the right thing.
I guess I should try to strip it clean. Might be a good investment since so many of these parts are discontinued...
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I'm sorry...I just saw this now. Was not getting notifications for anything for a while. It's probably too late now but the pictures are of the upper left latch part number 15778433. The lower Left is almost identical, but a different part number, and i don't have an actual picture of the upper right one, but it looks different cause the latch for that is on top of the mechanism to release when laying the gate down and otherwise it acts as a hinge when the door is just swung open
 

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Seems like it would be worthwhile and even profitable to manufacture these 3 latches using a small outfit that does additive manufacturing. Even easier if we had the original drawings from GM.
 
Send them to China. They can clone anything!
 
I am also searching for the upper left LATCH for an 04 XUV. Does anyone have one for sale?
 
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@TollKeeper is our resident SME on these beasts. Maybe he can give an opinion on this.
 
Thanks for the tag @Mooseman

I have an extra upper left hinge/latch, but it needs to be rebuilt as well. And I really dont want to part ways with it until I sell my XUV, which likely isnt happening.

Even if you find brand new ones, like I managed to do, they have been sitting on the shelf so long, that they have the same issue the ones being replaced have, as mine did.

The only real option, as @mrrsm alluded to with his video post above, is to soft rebuild them as WatchJRGo did in his XUV build on YouTube did.

I have not done the soft rebuild on mine, although it needs to be done.
 
oh shoot, I meant to type latch, not hinge. Doh.

I'm looking for the upper left tailgate latch. I took it apart, cleaned it, and tested it electrically and verified one of the microswitches is bad.

The microswitch can't easily be replaced. I had thoughts of manually rigging a switch to manually put 12V to the latch motor but it would be very complicated because the motor operates in two directions and is controlled by the module. It's really over-complicated.
 
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Only thing I can suggest is to keep on eye on the local salvage yards, and hope you can find one to rebuild. They just arent available anywhere that I can find.
 
It's the 15778433 one, I tried nearly an hour of searching to find stock, could not locate one anywhere.
 

GM 15778433 Latch, genuine OEM part

End gate (upper latch, includes actuator) GM genuine OEM part.
oemcats.com oemcats.com

When you open the link, scroll down a bit. It will list about 20 stores that show they have that part # in stock. You click on each store to get their details, and see what you can find.
 
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I dont know where you live (your profile isnt finished) to help you more directly...
 
These popped up on my YT feed. Might be useful for diagnosing and the relearns of the back window and roof.



 
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