Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Tailgate Won't Open
Opened the tailgate, threw daughter's suitcase in the back, shut tailgate and drove round the corner to drop her off at school for a trip to Spain.
When I got there, the tailgate refused to open either from the outside or via the two person trick of one pulling whilst the other is simultaneously pressing the dash lock/unlock buttons
Don't hear/feel any kind of microswitch click around the upper tailgate or any solenoid noises - doesn't seem to be the same symptoms as anyone elses reported on here....
Dealer visit I think...
They can look at my recently reoccurring Engine System Fault too...Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
24th May 2008 3:10 pm
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15214
Happened to me a good while back.
Dealer effectively had to 'break in' from the rear interior.
Might need some new trim afterwards.I was a normal heterosexual chap, but in these new woke awakenings I now identify as a Wardrobe.
24th May 2008 3:14 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Cheers ronp Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
24th May 2008 3:23 pm
Captain Speaking
Member Since: 02 Aug 2008
Location: The Cotswolds
Posts: 56
SN - I had exactly the same problem and it appears that I was triggering the switch but not pulling upwards simultaneously. Sounds ridiculous, but it did the trick. Now, in one swift action, I just pull handle swiftly and don't release the upward pressure.
After 10 attempts, it locks-up and you have to reset the central locking.
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