04-07-2024, 11:22 AM | #1 |
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Manually operating the powered Touring tailgate
Does it screw anything up? I'm lazy, and I have the key fob in my pocket, so I use the powered function all the time. Unfortunately my teenager has the attention span of a goldfish so if the tailgate isn't fully open within 0.1 seconds of her pushing the button in the handle/boot trim then she's trying to drag it upwards/downwards.
I'm assuming that since it's powered, lifting it manually is an "emergency" only activity when you really have to? |
04-07-2024, 01:40 PM | #3 |
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Cool, good to know. It'll still bug the crap out of me but at least I know there isn't a repair bill in my future from an impatient teen.
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04-07-2024, 04:14 PM | #4 |
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To be fair I'm with her, the speed powered tailgates open at makes me die a little inside, every single time. Sometimes it's handy, I'll grant it, but most of the time it's just an irritation. I can't bring myself to open it manually like your daughter though, I just silently scream if I haven't managed to open it on the way to the car with the fob.
Incidentally it took me over three years of having the car to discover I could also close the boot with the fob. Something about RTFM? |
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I was just curious cos so far I've told her to keep her mitts off, on the grounds that if her unwillingness to wait 5 seconds costs me hundreds/thousands in new boot struts then I will be (paraphrased) "slightly cross". I also only just found you can close the boot by holding the fob, and only just found there's an interior button. I have only had the car a month and a half though rather than three years, so ignoring the manual is still clearly the way to go! |
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04-08-2024, 05:39 AM | #6 |
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Could someone please post that manually lifting the tailgate WILL definitely damage it?
Then I can show the post to my wife, as she keeps 'forgetting' it is powered. Ta very much. |
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04-08-2024, 05:50 AM | #7 | |
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Where TF is the interior button?! |
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Shown here but for left hand drive, obviously on the right in the UK https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1132318 |
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04-08-2024, 07:40 AM | #9 |
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I keep a close eye on mine when she use the boot as she has often pushed/pulled it manually
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And yeah, definite teenager. Standard logic of "if I break something on your car, then you'll pay for it. And if I break something on my bike, you'll probably pay for that too" which makes perfect sense But if it won't end up knackering the boot struts in the long-term then I can live with it, if she insists on being that impatient... |
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To save someone searching for something that doesn't exist ... It was only introduced on LCI models ... my previous non LCI F31 did not have the button
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04-08-2024, 09:32 AM | #12 |
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I only found my internal boot release button the other day when cleaning the interior.
Stupid place to put an 'everyday' switch. I reckon they should have put it inside the glovebox in the corner, that way it would be even more hidden. |
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Anyone manually interfering only makes that mistake once |
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04-08-2024, 09:56 AM | #14 |
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That would explain why I don't recall seeing one then, and as I've been on calls since early this morning I've not had the chance or indeed urgent inclination to go out and check. Slightly disappointing even if I can't think of a single occasion since having the car where it would have been useful!
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04-08-2024, 12:12 PM | #16 |
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Not sure how this will help but you can code the boot lid to lift faster when button is pressed, then slow down just before it reaches fully open position, same for closing. I done it on my 4GC as didn't like the thud when closing. Works on X5 so I assume will work on touring.
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Did you know you can open just the glass section of the tailgate for quick access? Manual latch is under the rear window wiper bracket.
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And I daren't tell her about the fact you can just open the glass cos I've seen the way she slammed my old Megane boot, and I've always preferred my window glass in one piece instead of a 5000-piece jigsaw |
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