This keeps happening to my 22 plate Ateca Tail Gate which opens by itself during heavy rain storms. This has happened 4 times this year, its nothing to do with the key fob as on one occasion it happened according to my neighbour at 0630 whilst I was in bed. I got to find out why this is happening as by boot was soaked this. As anybody got any ideas
Tail Gate Opening by itself during Heavy Rain
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Not happened to me (fingers crossed). If it's not sitting on the key then clearly a fault. Early Ateca with the virtual peddle were prone to the boot coming up although you have to rule out blokes with tight pants lounging indoors with the keys in the pocket within range. These early models had defective control units in the boot. It feels like that. Mine was delivered with a defective control unit where the virtual pedal didn't work. A months production had this. Suspect it's the chipset playing up since even a straight electrical fault in the button shouldnt lift the boot if the key isnt present at the rear.
No it still needs to read that the key is at the back of the car for the virtual pedal to work. On top of that after the wiggle of the foot you need to step back. It picks up that the key is moved back so the tailgate doesn't hit you. That's one of the failures in use that people have with the virtual pedal, you have to step back to complete the operation. Not just a wiggle. My cat has done it a couple time by accident where he goes under, I jump back and it opens. That's joint working.
The control box if it's that is in the boot somewhere. The dealer would have to replace that. Then they had to reprogramme that side of it. Reckon it was a two hour job from memory. "We have coding to do".
You need a dealer to look at it. Might be the electronics water logged or a shorted cable but suspect it's out of DIY scope.
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