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Old 01-21-2006, 02:40 AM
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My trunk door is POSSESSED!
Funny thing has been happening. Every once in a while the rear door opens with no rhyme or reason. I happened today as I was driving on the freeway...Has this happened to anyone else. Is this Emily Rose?

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Old 01-21-2006, 03:08 AM
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2 most common causes are a chafed harness or a bad electronic latch. There have been TSBs for both.

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Funny thing has been happening. Every once in a while the rear door opens with no rhyme or reason. I happened today as I was driving on the freeway...Has this happened to anyone else. Is this Emily Rose?

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what do I do?
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Old 01-21-2006, 03:42 AM
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what do I do?
If you are still covered by a warranty then you should go to the dealer and get it fixed. Otherwise, take it to a good independent mechanic. Either way, at least now you know what the problem is.

I had a bad upper latch switch replaced under warranty. It would clatter repeatedly when activited.
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This happened to me when a small amount of moisture got inside the lock. I disassembled it (easy, only a few screws) and dried it out and the problem has not occured again.
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Old 01-21-2006, 11:58 AM
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:eek: get it checked asasp :eek:
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Old 01-21-2006, 07:56 PM
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I just experienced this problem myself and am bringing it in to the stealer on monday to fix it. i will let you know what they find
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yeah, this just started happening to me. I was driving down the road the other day, and it just opened up. I had to put my BMW in park, on the road, and get out, walk back, and reclose my trunk that opened itself for no apparent reason - sucks! Let us know what the stealer says.
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anyone have any luck with the fix for this? This is happening to my '01 4.4
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I actually did the furniture pad fix for the squeaky back gate, ever since tightening that all up I have had no noises and it hasn't opened on its own since. Could be a coincidence, but it was really annoying either way.
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