Phantom tailgate

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I’ve had my ‘23 SE for six or seven weeks now. Every few days, I back out of the garage with no camera because the tailgate is ajar. I didn’t open it, and really don’t think I’m accidentally pushing and holding the tailgate button on the remote. Anyone else notice this, or have any thoughts about it?
 
Yeah, but I always trace it to accidentally hitting the remote button. There are several threads on the topic, I don't recall a work around besides installing a button guard.
 
Happens all the time from accidental pocket presses. Bimmercode can disable the button for older models. New models have an option in the lock settings.
 
I disabled the hatch button on the remote (it's a menu item in the SE settings in the car), because I never need to remotely open the hatch. Once I disabled that the problem of the hatch "opening" when I got in the SE went away. It's in all models of the SE, no need for Bimmercode.
 
It’s easy to hit the button in your pocket, however I also find the hatch needs a damn good slam to register as closed, at least ours does. Couldn’t be bothered to take it to the dealer to verify alignment or whatever…
 
Puppethead said:
I disabled the hatch button on the remote (it's a menu item in the SE settings in the car), because I never need to remotely open the hatch. Once I disabled that the problem of the hatch "opening" when I got in the SE went away. It's in all models of the SE, no need for Bimmercode.
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Lol this happened to me for the first time TO. DAY. Normally I haven’t hat the fob and my wallet in the same front pocket, but there ya go. Yeah, I’ve also never needed — and can’t envision a use case — for remotely locking and unlocking the hatch. The car gets centrally locked (usually with the outside handle button), and the hatch pops when I open it. Disabling the button when I go back to the car later.
 
AndysComputer said:
It’s easy to hit the button in your pocket, however I also find the hatch needs a damn good slam to register as closed, at least ours does. Couldn’t be bothered to take it to the dealer to verify alignment or whatever…
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I find mine slams too hard on its own. I wish there were a way to soften it.
 
AndysComputer said:
It’s easy to hit the button in your pocket, however I also find the hatch needs a damn good slam to register as closed, at least ours does. Couldn’t be bothered to take it to the dealer to verify alignment or whatever…
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Mine needed a good slam to close properly, for maybe the first 2 months. It's been fine since. Seal must have compressed a little.
I've also disabled the remote boot unlock. I can't think why anyone thinks that is a good idea on a Mini.
If you have a powered hatch, yes. But the Mini one is manual. It unlocks itself if you have the remote nearby. Default of off would make far more sense.
 
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