[moomyon]

Can someone answer this question for me: we are probably going to pull the trigger on a Pacifica limited tomorrow. I currently drive a suburban and on top of it just being too big and cumbersome, I hate that I can't open the tailgate to unload groceries while parked
In the garage. Will I be able to do this with the Pacifica? I'm trying really hard to find the right vehicle for our family of two small boys and hoping the Pacifica is it!

 

[Boomage]

http://www.pacificaforums.com/forum...iscussion/3554-liftgate-height.html#post32986

Discussed in this thread. Depends on garage door frame height.

 

[CenTexas]

I had same question. Our Nissan Quest rear gate could open without problem since it was a shorter vehicle . . even had room to pull forward enough to open rear gate with garage door down. Sweet! Kinda spoiled by that because I'm bummed that our Limited (got on Thursday) can't do that - not if we want to get past the front of the van in the garage. I made a measurement on the lot and the gate seemed to need 83" height when open. And it won't always work to back into the garage since the view through the back camera goes black during daylight (light level set by the front view camera, as discussed elsewhere here on the forum). So it looks like we will only be able to open the rear gate when the garage door is open. Our rear gate barely, I mean barely, misses the underside of our garage door "jamb" so we sacrificed about 6" of room in the front and pulled in further. I now have about 4" of clearance from the highest point of the opened gate (which, by the way, is the wiper arm).

Initially, the gate could not be allowed to open while parked in the garage due to the overhead garage door (really got a sick feeling in my stomach when I saw that upon bringing the vehicle home!), but thankfully I fixed that by adjusting the garage door "travel" - allowing it to open more fully and thus clear more of the curved section of track, raising the height of the garage door.

 

[Tsuter]

I wish I could have done that, but I stretched my garage door up as high as possible and I still cannot open the gate without it making contact. I put a piece of pipe insulation at the bottom of the garage door as a bumper, but it's pretty shitty that Chrysler can't include a feature that was available on my 10 year older premium SUV, and the Kia Sedona.

 

[CenTexas]

it's pretty shitty that Chrysler can't include a feature that was available on my 10 year older premium SUV, and the Kia Sedona.

Agreed! :|

 

[Dodgezilla04]

I fixed this issue by wrapping a big rag around the door handle and attaching it with plastic tie wraps. I no longer worry about opening the liftgate in the garage.

 

[Jimm]

Has anyone found a way to make the automatic liftgate operate manually?
I can turn off the automatic side passenger doors, why not the liftgate?
My parking space in in a condo parking stall and there is an overhanging stucco covered beam which is too low for the liftgate to open fully. I have to park half-way in just to open it, close it, then park all the way in. Big hassle for people that don't have mansion sized garages.

 

[woozy_one]

Has anyone found a way to make the automatic liftgate operate manually?
I can turn off the automatic side passenger doors, why not the liftgate?
My parking space in in a condo parking stall and there is an overhanging stucco covered beam which is too low for the liftgate to open fully. I have to park half-way in just to open it, close it, then park all the way in. Big hassle for people that don't have mansion sized garages.

Press and hold the release button on the tailgate. It will start to lift, but then it will stop and allow you to manually lift it the rest of the way. Pushing the interior button (near the D pillar) when you're done will lower the tailgate like usual.

 

[DadOfThree]

Press and hold the release button on the tailgate. It will start to lift, but then it will stop and allow you to manually lift it the rest of the way. Pushing the interior button (near the D pillar) when you're done will lower the tailgate like usual.

Confirmed! This solves a LOT of problems. Thanks for the info as this is the first time a solution for this has been provided (I think).

 

[Starstreak]

I tried this. It does turn off the motor. But it doesn't stop the trunk rising all the way up. At least u can use your hand to slow it so it doesn't get damaged. At least for now I think my wife and I got the hang of it where to park in the garage so we don't hit the garage door.

Has anyone found a way to make the automatic liftgate operate manually?
I can turn off the automatic side passenger doors, why not the liftgate?
My parking space in in a condo parking stall and there is an overhanging stucco covered beam which is too low for the liftgate to open fully. I have to park half-way in just to open it, close it, then park all the way in. Big hassle for people that don't have mansion sized garages.

Press and hold the release button on the tailgate. It will start to lift, but then it will stop and allow you to manually lift it the rest of the way. Pushing the interior button (near the D pillar) when you're done will lower the tailgate like usual.

 

[Jimm]

Thanks! That works fine! There was no clue to that feature in the owners manual.

 

[Starstreak]

Just a clarification, it'll stop the motor from making it rise, but it will still rise on its own all the way up. So just watch it when you raise it manually.

 

[Jimm]

Yes, you need to manually stop it from lifting up due to the strut springs putting pressure on it.
I would have to put foam on the top to stop it from hitting the window and slow its ascent manually. I am not sure if the back window glass would be a safe place to take the pressure, there is no other place to use.
It still would have been better to also incoroporate a height limiter with it.