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Hennessy



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Cold weather

Whenever we have a frost/snow my tailgate button freezes completely and it takes a good hour or so to defrost(not good as the dog then has to go on the back seats) and my parking sensors jam on. Anyone else have the same problem?

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tornado34



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Nope! I park only in a heated garage Laughing

Have heard of the tailgate issue though many times on this forum.

As for the reverse sensors, they do get affected by the snow at times - just remember don't pressure wash them, just wash them normally Thumbs Up

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same on the Jag and the DBS when you park them overnight outside.. 
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Endjin



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Must admit I do find it strange that LR have not fitted the tailgate with a soft touch sealed button similar to
the ones on the MY10 door handles. This would solve both the issue of the button freezing and also the issue
with it jamming in the open position due to the grit & grime that has been thrown up on to the tailgate. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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npinks
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its been reported on the FL2 too

The boot release is a button covered by a rubber seal, water thats ingressed freezes and it feels crunchy, it then rots the workings and your boot unlocks and if you pull away it throws the contents of your boot over the road behind you ( like it did to mine Evil or Very Mad )

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Endjin



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npinks wrote:
..............and your boot unlocks and if you pull away it throws the contents of your boot over the road behind you ( like it did to mine Evil or Very Mad )


Which is a tad unfortunate if the contents of your boot happen to be the family dog Shocked ..... poor Rover!! Whistle 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
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luckily it was just a box with a bubble spa in it i was taking back to my mums, and the foam packing saved it, the other side is lucky nobody was driving behind me

only way to know the boot had unlocked itself was the dash display and the interior light came on, LR changed the switch gear no problems though and my new FL2 doesn't/hasn't done it

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Hennessy



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Endjin wrote:
npinks wrote:
..............and your boot unlocks and if you pull away it throws the contents of your boot over the road behind you ( like it did to mine Evil or Very Mad )


Which is a tad unfortunate if the contents of your boot happen to be the family dog Shocked ..... poor Rover!! Whistle


Would love to see the face of the poor booger driving behind when Murphy comes careering towrds their windscreen!! Laughing Laughing I've heard of flying pigs, never flying rotties! Mr. Green

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AndrewHG2



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Re: Cold weather

Hennessy wrote:
Whenever we have a frost/snow my tailgate button freezes completely and it takes a good hour or so to defrost(not good as the dog then has to go on the back seats) and my parking sensors jam on. Anyone else have the same problem?


I had the same problem after a bitter freeze during christmas period.
Typically I was in a rush and had to gain access to the boot to load 3 huge bags of logs for a customer.
(RRS was only vehicle that could get anywhere on the icy roads, and it was the day of the second freeze that caught eveyone out, roads chaotic, people sliding/crashing everywhere.)

The tailgate button frozen solid, tried a small tin of de-icer round button rim ... no luck.
Rushed in and got a hairdryer .. sorted in less than a minute.

(might have to buy a 12v travel hairdryer / heater ... just incase it happens again ? )

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