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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5
...is there a valid method to open the top gate (with a pull-string) AND, more importantly, the lower gate, when the battery is dead???
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Yes, there is a manual release for the top lift gate, and lower tail gate (should be in the owners manual, too)...I believe the procedure is the same for both the early & late designs.
Yep...the manual release for the face lift's upper & lower halves is in the owners manual. And you can see the lift gate's manual release
cable in the diagram below...it's
#17 (bottom right corner in illustration):
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Originally Posted by g300d
...Would you happen to know where the hall sensor is? Is it a serviceable/replaceable part?
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The upper lift gate's hall sensor is located in the servo lock (
#15) in the diagram above. It appears not to be a "serviceable" item in that BMW doesn't sell the hall sensor. But if you're one of those electronic wizards...I'm sure you can find a workable hall sensor at an electronics parts vendor if electronics is one of your things.
Below is the schematic that shows how the early tail gate has a micro switch...and the later tail gate has the newer servo lock with the hall sensor: