5Dr Tailgate doesn't stay down

Hi,

The tailgate on my wife's 5 Dr '05 Td4 is misbehaving. With the door shut and the handle pulled, the glass drops from the channel and the door can be opened. With the door open, releasing the handle makes the glass pop up again, ready to be smacked into the outside of the channel when the door is closed (unless the handle switch is pulled again).

My guess is that the car doesn't know the door is open. If this is a good theory, any ideas where the switch / sensor is?

Thanks in advance,

Hugh

Do a search on here for recalibration of rear window, see if that helps first.

Thanks.

I've just tried that and there is no change. It still pops back up if my fingers leave the handle switch.

Cheers
Hugh

I assume it uses microswitch in the door latch to signal its position. Best to get the trim panel off and take a look asap in case the fault progresses to not lowering the window when you want to open the tailgate cos then you have a hell of a job to get the trim panel off.

Deep joy!

It would appear that the bits that support the glass (best guess) had caught on the harness, pulling one door-switch wire out at the connector, breaking the ground to the numberplate lights and twisting the blade-connectors for the heated rear window until the connectors broke free.

A bit of swearing, a soldering-iron and some heatshrink and it was all sorted...

thanks for letting us know it is another one sorted thank god