Rear Tailgate Manual Operation
#1
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Rear Tailgate Manual Operation
I have both a 3rd Gen and 4th Gen RX. Its fairly easy to manually close(by hand) on the older RX. However, on the new 4th Gen, I find it extremely difficult, to close by hand compared to the 3rd Gen. So main question: Is the 4th Gen RX rear tailgate only meant to be closed automatically?
Obviously its convenient to have auto open/close, but sometimes I just want to quickly close it by hand, similar to my older RX. Is there a "mode" that you can set to allow for easier closing of the rear tailgate by hand? Or perhaps I should hit the gym a little more.....
Does anybody else find it difficult to manually close the rear tailgate door?
Obviously its convenient to have auto open/close, but sometimes I just want to quickly close it by hand, similar to my older RX. Is there a "mode" that you can set to allow for easier closing of the rear tailgate by hand? Or perhaps I should hit the gym a little more.....
Does anybody else find it difficult to manually close the rear tailgate door?
#2
Lexus Champion
Yeah. Definitely don't think the tailgate is meant to be manually closed. Maybe in the event of a malfunction, but not on a regular basis. You do know of the double tap for locking while closing the trunk, right?
#3
I am new. Please explain this double tap and explain what it does.
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#5
i think manual close is necessary, sometime i have to test to see if the rear gate will close fine if i have thing sticking out, more feel with hand, the power gate will just shut itself in
#6
Reviving an old thread...
I recently bought a 2019 RX450h (2G RX400h previously) and was hauling home a worktable that I bought at HD. With my 400h, it was easy to close the hatch manually/slowly to do a quick "test fit" before closing the hatch the entire way - thus not risk breaking the rear window if the item was too big. Easy.
But with the 450h, I could not do a similar test as the door felt quite stiff when I tried to pull it down manually. Did I just not use enough force to close the door manually? Luckily the rear window is inset quite a bit from the tailgate's inner panels, though I held my hand close to the door bottom as it closed in case I thought there was any chance of breaking the glass...which would have sucked big time for only owning it for a week.
I recently bought a 2019 RX450h (2G RX400h previously) and was hauling home a worktable that I bought at HD. With my 400h, it was easy to close the hatch manually/slowly to do a quick "test fit" before closing the hatch the entire way - thus not risk breaking the rear window if the item was too big. Easy.
But with the 450h, I could not do a similar test as the door felt quite stiff when I tried to pull it down manually. Did I just not use enough force to close the door manually? Luckily the rear window is inset quite a bit from the tailgate's inner panels, though I held my hand close to the door bottom as it closed in case I thought there was any chance of breaking the glass...which would have sucked big time for only owning it for a week.
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