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    Tourer Manual Tailgate Not Opening on Frosty Mornings - Switch?

    We've had one recent very frosty morning, and the tailgate opened fine.
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    Tourer Manual Tailgate Not Opening on Frosty Mornings - Switch?

    It hasnt been very cold here, probably the reason the problem hasn't recurred yet, but at the weekend I dismantled the tailgate trim (surprisingly easy, no broken clips), got the switch out (tight), cleaned the connector contacts (one was a bit corroded), did not dismantle the switch (seems to...
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    Tourer Manual Tailgate Not Opening on Frosty Mornings - Switch?

    On my 2012 Tourer, the manual tailgate would not open via the button above the number plate on recent frosty mornings, and I've had to open it with the manual lever from the inside via the rear seats. (There's no other way to open it, no button on remote, no switch on driver's door.) The wife...
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    2009 2.2 I-dtec tourer handbrake

    That helps, thanks. I'll give it a go...
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    2009 2.2 I-dtec tourer handbrake

    I seem to have a sticking caliper on driver's side rear, as it's much warmer than the other side, but not crazy smelly hot, yet... so any tips on how to unstick it would be much appreciated.S I've only had the car a couple of months, so haven't done any work on it, not even taken the wheel off...
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