Power-Closing via key fob.
- Thread starter Lee Castell
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Mine is random as well but it only opens if I first unlock then hold the button for a few seconds. Sometimes it opens sometimes not, same parking space
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Would you mind to confirm what functionality your driver's door switch has in the following 4 scenarios.
1 - opening with a short/quick pull
2 - opening with a long pull
3 - closing with a short/quick pull
4 - closing with a long pull
Would you mind to confirm what functionality your driver's door switch has in the following 4 scenarios.
1 - opening with a short/quick pull
2 - opening with a long pull
3 - closing with a short/quick pull
4 - closing with a long pull
williecba
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THERE MAY NOT BE A PROBLEM.
I had this happening as soon as I bought the van, the tailgate opened once or twice but usually never and so after 6 months I took it into my dealer. He called me later that day to say the problem was fixed. Actually it wasn't fixed but it was explained. The rear door mechanism is linked to the rear parking sensors. When you open it on the key fob there must be NOTHING in the sensor area. When I got to the dealer he took me out to the van parked outside with nothing around it, pressed and held the key and the tailgate opened. He closed it and we stood behind the vehicle and it wouldn't open. We moved back a bit and then a bit more and eventually the tailgate would open. Go park in the middle of a completely empty car park. Stand at the side of the vehicle and press the key. It should open.
I could find nothing about this in the manual (which is very helpful?) and even the service reception guy had not known about this.
The big problem is that the sensor area is not just directly behind the vehicle but also slightly out to one side as you will know from using the system during reversing. At home and at work I park close up against a hedge and a wall and the sensors 'see' them and won't allow fob opening. The system is practically useless and I don't bother with it.
That being said if you start the tailgate opening and then try to push against it and stop it it takes a lot of force and I am a fully grown man. The motors on tailgate and side doors are very powerfull. Anybody of lesser build would be knocked off their feet. The trouble is that unless you are standing outside the vehicle with a clear view of the tailgate you have no idea of who or what may be hidden from view and who you might injure. If the vehicle is in a supermarket car park the tailgate should open off the fob because there would be a clear space behind it but I doubt there is anywhere else you can use it in town.
I had this happening as soon as I bought the van, the tailgate opened once or twice but usually never and so after 6 months I took it into my dealer. He called me later that day to say the problem was fixed. Actually it wasn't fixed but it was explained. The rear door mechanism is linked to the rear parking sensors. When you open it on the key fob there must be NOTHING in the sensor area. When I got to the dealer he took me out to the van parked outside with nothing around it, pressed and held the key and the tailgate opened. He closed it and we stood behind the vehicle and it wouldn't open. We moved back a bit and then a bit more and eventually the tailgate would open. Go park in the middle of a completely empty car park. Stand at the side of the vehicle and press the key. It should open.
I could find nothing about this in the manual (which is very helpful?) and even the service reception guy had not known about this.
The big problem is that the sensor area is not just directly behind the vehicle but also slightly out to one side as you will know from using the system during reversing. At home and at work I park close up against a hedge and a wall and the sensors 'see' them and won't allow fob opening. The system is practically useless and I don't bother with it.
That being said if you start the tailgate opening and then try to push against it and stop it it takes a lot of force and I am a fully grown man. The motors on tailgate and side doors are very powerfull. Anybody of lesser build would be knocked off their feet. The trouble is that unless you are standing outside the vehicle with a clear view of the tailgate you have no idea of who or what may be hidden from view and who you might injure. If the vehicle is in a supermarket car park the tailgate should open off the fob because there would be a clear space behind it but I doubt there is anywhere else you can use it in town.
Can I just ask, do you have tailgate switch in driver's door?
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Apoligies for a servere late reply Robert. No notifictions came through until Willie's post
Mine has a switch in the drivers door
Would you mind to confirm what functionality it has in the following 4 scenarios.
1 - opening with a short/quick pull
2 - opening with a long pull
3 - closing with a short/quick pull
4 - closing with a long pull
how does yours operate @Eli1264. One pull and the lid pops open and lifts up or one pull and the lid pops then another pull to lift it?
Only option 2, they door switch is not 2 way so cannot close unless you press button on tailgate. I would be interested in getting the fob to be able to close though
1 pull and it opens all the way
If you 1 long pull it start to open if you pull again it stops, then you have to go to the tailgate button to continue the opening
