Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: reading
Posts: 55
Broken tailgate
Help, I,am away camping and the tailgate has decided not to open??
Have tried the buttons on the dash, pulling , kicking but nothing!?!
You can hear the lock mec working but seams to be stuck in the middle, I guess the latch part ??
Cheers
Leeser
9th Jul 2011 4:29 pm
haroosh
Member Since: 16 Nov 2010
Location: Perth & Kinross
Posts: 624
Have you tried pressing the land rover button on your key fob. Worked for me when door packed in.....had to get new handle unit for top door.
9th Jul 2011 4:33 pm
leeser23
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: reading
Posts: 55
Heap tried that, as I say you can hear it opening but the door does not move!! RRRRRRRRR's
9th Jul 2011 4:38 pm
crwoody
Member Since: 09 Mar 2009
Location: Littleborough
Posts: 2109
Sounds like the dreaded broken tailgate release cable fault, seems a common enough issue with loads of info on here.
Try a search for "+broken +tailgate +release +cable"Clive
9th Jul 2011 5:23 pm
zig
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 631
Can you hear a click of the microswitch when you press the rubber release on the upper tailgate handle?
If you get another person to put slight pressure on the upper tailgate handle, as you would do when opening, and then press and hold both the lock and unlock buttons on the dash at the same time does the tailgate then open?
Member Since: 15 Feb 2010
Location: reading
Posts: 55
Zig, yes tried that , guess I'll be loading the car from the back seat then !!
9th Jul 2011 9:34 pm
TwelveSticks
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Dublin
Posts: 798
You just need some cutlery (I used 3 forks with slight curves at the bottom of their handles), some long nosed pliers, an 8mm socket, a screwdriver, a small torx driver (not sure of the exact size), a 'choccie block' electrical connector, some wire cutters, n 'Ikea-style' allen key and a hacksaw with a metal-cutting blade. Oh, and a casual attitude to personal injury / a dislike of the backs of your own hands.
Then it'll take you about 30 minutes to sort it out. Full instructions are in another thread on here somewhere, as suggested above...2001 D2 GS (I must be mad!)
2005 D3 S 10-12 (gone and missed)
9th Jul 2011 9:45 pm
zig
Member Since: 09 Sep 2005
Location: Scotland
Posts: 631
Did you press and hold both the lock and unlock on the dash for 15 seconds when you did the above?
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