Step 1. Disconnect and remove the battery.
Step 2. Close the hatch.

 

^^^^^^NOW THAT IS FUNNY!!!^^^^^^

But even though it is a pain, there is a couple ways to overcome this dastardly deed. Boosters and another battery OR crawl in the back and manually pop the hatch.

 

Wish we had a picture of your face when it came to you....

That sounds like something I would do, hope I don't now that you brought it to light.

 

So i'm not the only one .

 

Lol....you can manually pop the hatch with a dead battery????

 

Yep, if you don't know how, it's in the Owners Manual (although not well illustrated). I also wrote a 'How-to" many years ago. A search may resurrect it.



EDIT....here ya are. It's a little tough at first but with practice you can do it easily.

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...ght=rear+hatch

 

Yep, that was a moment.....

Or better,

 

Never had the problem with our 06 LT but my niece had an 08 LS that had a dead battery. I used this plugged into the OBDII port and the other end plugged into the port on my stand alone jumper. It allowed us to pop the hatch and replace the battery:

 

It took me a few seconds to figure out why closing the hatch was an issue. That is definitely something I would do!

 

i friggen do this all the time its the worst when your battery is dead and u cant get into the trunk