Common questions

How do you change the position of the liftgate?

How do you change the position of the liftgate?

While holding the liftgate in position, press and hold the liftgate switch located on the liftgate for approximately 5 seconds or until 3 beeps are heard. The liftgate will open to the selected position setting. To change the position of the liftgate, repeat steps 1-3 for setting the position of the liftgate.

Why does my 2015 Kia liftgate not open?

My trunk on my 2015 with 5,600km , it just all of a sudden the trunk button on the liftgate to close it does not work at all. The remote button to open trunk works fine to open and close it but if I push button on license plate to open it just unhinged and have to open manually and the button won’t close it.

Why does the rear liftgate close on its own?

It is unrelated to the hands free foot sensor, because mine does not have this feature (2013 Titanium with tow package). What happens is, when it reaches full open, it beeps twice, and then reverses direction about 6 inches (just enough to catch you right in the forehead if you walk back there and don’t realize what has happened)!

How do I get the lift gate to close on my head?

I get a slight bump and then it goes back up. Open the lift gate from the inside switch, take the key fob out of your pocket and leave it in the car. You will find when your back there, the lift gate will no longer close on your head. Bottom line, don’t be dancing around close to the bumper with the key fob in your pocket.

How do you open power rear lift gate?

The only way to open the gate was to pop the small access cover off the interior of the gate and use the manual release. Flash forward to the solution. I wasn’t able to come up with anything (online or otherwise) so I resorted to the dealer. Luckily, the Toyota gods had mercy on me, and the solution was an easy one.

Why does my liftgate not turn on when I press the up button?

Usually, if this is a switch problem, one of the two switches will work fine. If both switches do not turn the liftgate on, then you probably have a broken wire inside the pump & motor box. f. Motor runs but platform goes down when the up button is pressed. Hoses are reversed where they connect to the power unit box.

Why is my Toyota rear lift gate not working?

The dealer wasn’t able to find any issues with the gate, so they plugged into the OBD port and noticed that the computer had a fault code for the rear gate. (No light on the dash, just a code within the computer.) The Toyota tech simply reset the code and viola – the gate worked.

Why is the power liftgate on my Toyota Highlander not working?

I have the 2015 Toyota Highlander Limited and the power liftgate recently stopped working. I was in the process of cleaning the car at the carwash and when I pressed the button to close it, it only closed partially and I tried everything and it would not go down all the way.

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Ruth Doyle