Tailgate in Garage

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moomyon

Discussion Starter · Oct 22, 2016

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!

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Jimm

· #7 · Aug 11, 2017 (Edited)

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.

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Jimm

· #11 · Aug 16, 2017

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

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Jimm

· #13 · Aug 17, 2017

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.

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