jimbojim Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Hi all, fitted a new battery last week - today I manually opened the tailgate, now it will not " auto catch " so will not lock ! and will not open or close off the fob - was working fine prior to new battery last week, I can not find which fuse that governs it and I don`t want to start pulling fuses willy nilly until I know which is the correct one, the doors lock/unlock off the fob as they should any help welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojim Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 Just to add - the handbook has no mention of this either and the symbols do not show anything that looks like a tailgate ! So the handbook is useless ! all 506 pages !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 I wonder if the tailgate needs resetting / programming to set it up correctly. Maybe disconnect and reconnect the battery and immediately try closing and opening the tailgate? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojim Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 This post was recognized by Trevor! jimbojim was awarded the badge 'Helpful' and 30 points. SORTED ! Thanks Trevor - I also saw an article on another site = Remove poss then neg terminals from battery, leave for half hour, then open boot, keys in ignition - turn key so dash is lit - do NOT start engine - then close boot lid by hand, refit poss then neg terminals on battery (all in that order) remove key from ignition - press boot unlock button - done I think what I did wrong after replacing the battery was opening the boot manually - not using the key fob, it must have confused the system ! This worked for me !! This resets the boot and all should be fine. Hope this helps someone else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojim Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 This is another tailgate problem I cannot solve - and neither can anyone else ! This has even stumped the AA In summer (warm weather) tailgate works off key fob, both open and close - come winter (cold weather) the tailgate opens off the key fob - gets to fully open - beeps and closes again ?? Really confusing and annoying but not a major problem - someone said (on another site) if the tailgate stays open after opening that this proves the struts are good - but that being the case why not in cold weather ? I have proved that the motor, wiring and struts are working as they should but only in warm weather ! -- So why not in cold weather - it has been like this since I bought the car in 2008 - I am convinced that there is a temperature sensor somewhere that works in conjunction with the tailgate - but nobody has a clue as to where or what it is ! -------------------- That is the puzzle for someone to solve - Good Luck ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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