Problem with liftgate button on RKE

mattias · #1 (**permalink**) 09-05-08, 06:24 AM

Has anyone had problems with opening the power liftgate from the RKE transmitter? Locking/unlocking works great, even from distance but I'm having a hard time with the power liftgate. Most of the times it does not respond when I push the button on the RKE.

MortnCyn · #2 (**permalink**) 09-05-08, 07:27 AM

Yep, I have same symptoms as you. See attached technical bulletin.

mattias · #3 (**permalink**) 09-05-08, 08:15 AM

Ahh, that's another problem I noticed..sometimes it reverses.

tasbro · #4 (**permalink**) 09-05-08, 12:39 PM

You do need to hold the button down for a couple seconds. It doesn't respond instantly like the lock/unlock buttons.

G32006SRX · #5 (**permalink**) 09-05-08, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by tasbro

You do need to hold the button down for a couple seconds. It doesn't respond instantly like the lock/unlock buttons.

Hold button down, your taillights will blink three times before it opens...if you are sitting in the car the car will chime three times...

MortnCyn · #6 (**permalink**) 09-05-08, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by tasbro

You do need to hold the button down for a couple seconds. It doesn't respond instantly like the lock/unlock buttons.

True, but if you hold the '07 RKE button down too long it will possibly open and then reverse or do nothing at all. The bulletin states about 1 second and if too long it thinks you have pressed twice. My experience with the remote operation of the tailgate is a mixed bag. Think this a problem only on the '07 model SRX, Acadia, & Saturn Outlook.