Automatic opening tailgate/load cover
09-12-2011, 12:31 AM
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My Ride: 2007 E61 M5, 1989 Z1
https://5series.net/forums/topic/106...nger-resetting is a useful thread for those who want to try a DIY repair.
09-12-2011, 01:00 PM
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My Ride: 530d Msport touring
I've got a 2007 UK 530d touring with the automatic tailgate and it works as your previously did - as the tailgate starts to open it rises nice and smoothly; it move quite quickly but it doesn't slam upwards.
09-12-2011, 09:29 PM
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10-01-2011, 03:43 AM
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Hi, I would really appreciate a video of this if you can post one. Cheers
10-03-2011, 11:21 AM
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Without boring everyone to death, my 535D touring has an automatically opening tailgate, when you push the button it motors up, when your done, it motors back down again. However, that's not what my question is about. When you open the tailgate, the load cover also used to motor up gently, and when you shut it, it would go down again.
Recently, it went wrong, the local dealers charged a fortune to fix it, but now when you open it, it just slams up to the top rather than motoring up. They insist this is what they do and that should never have just motored to the top nice and gently. I told them mine always did, and they say it must have been faulty for years, because that's not how it should work. (I know that some without the motorised tailgate do just go up, and then you pull them down again when you shut the tailgate, however this one is different if you have a motorised tailgate).
If you have one, please, I desperately need to know what yours does so I can prove my point as I'm in a major argument with them.
Cheers for your help.
Recently, it went wrong, the local dealers charged a fortune to fix it, but now when you open it, it just slams up to the top rather than motoring up. They insist this is what they do and that should never have just motored to the top nice and gently. I told them mine always did, and they say it must have been faulty for years, because that's not how it should work. (I know that some without the motorised tailgate do just go up, and then you pull them down again when you shut the tailgate, however this one is different if you have a motorised tailgate).
If you have one, please, I desperately need to know what yours does so I can prove my point as I'm in a major argument with them.
Cheers for your help.
There are cars with what you describe - fully electric cover.
There was a thread here of a guy with your problem exactly - his dealer claimed the electric cover does not exist, so they can not fix it! Utter c**p. He fixed it at the end as a DIY. And if I remember correctly he just took it apart and reassembled it and it worked again. He did not replace anything. It was that simple. Search for this thread and you will find it.
10-03-2011, 11:22 AM
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The electric cover is such an exception that I have never seen one live, and I've seen tons of E61s with automatic tailgate.
10-04-2011, 10:48 AM
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