Does anyone know why the top half of my tailgate wont open. Nothing seems to 'Clic'k when i press the soft button above the numberplate. Am i missing something ?

Thanks ..... Steve

Ps. only got my 2005 RRS TDV6 S last week ! One Life - Live It !!

common problem,if you take out the number pate lights you will see they are covered in mud/dirt.i took mine back to the dealers as i had a 12month warranty,they just replaced the unit.you could try squirting it with some wd40 using the straw type attachment

StevieT wrote:

Does anyone know why the top half of my tailgate wont open. Nothing seems to 'Clic'k when i press the soft button above the numberplate. Am i missing something ?

Thanks ..... Steve

Ps. only got my 2005 RRS TDV6 S last week !

tried double opening locks, but no joy , but thx 4 reply.. may have to take it to dealer ..  One Life - Live It !!

Read this thead, hope it helps. Read it all though.

http://rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic17072.html?highlight= 2005 (55) RRS 4.2 V8 S/C Buckingham Blue
All bulbs changed for LED's
Graphite Powder Coated 20" RRS S/C Alloys
Side Steps
Tints
http://rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic1760-45.html

Oh dear !! , guess i'll wait till next tine its in LR for a service and ask, if its too expensive i think i'll manage lifting the whole tailgate.  One Life - Live It !!

It took 5 minutes to find the problem, 5 mins to find and order the switch for £12 on eBay, it was here two days later and then 5 minutes to fit it. 2005 (55) RRS 4.2 V8 S/C Buckingham Blue
All bulbs changed for LED's
Graphite Powder Coated 20" RRS S/C Alloys
Side Steps
Tints
http://rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic1760-45.html

m14rsh wrote:

It took 5 minutes to find the problem, 5 mins to find and order the switch for £12 on eBay, it was here two days later and then 5 minutes to fit it.

I was lucky mine failed under warranty the day it went in for a recall, phew

May sound silly,but I was having trouble opening my rear tailgate glass hatch. I could'nt work out why it opened on a couple of occasions,but all of a suuden it seem to stop altogether and I could'nt get it to open? Then purely by accident I discovered that I needed to press the key fob twice to unlock both the driver and paasenger doors and then the rear glass opens every time by pressing the rubber switch under the glass I had previousley only been opening the drivers door by pressing once on the key fob and the rear glass would not open? Press twice on th key fob and hey presto! Incidently, I had the same problem on a RRS prior to owning this one? On that occasion I foolishly took it to the dealers who charged £157 to replace a switch and catch stating that this was the problem? I am pretty sure that it was just a simple case of pressing the unlock button on the key fob twice to solve the problem

Mine was definitely the switch corroded without a doubt. Easy fix either way. 2005 (55) RRS 4.2 V8 S/C Buckingham Blue
All bulbs changed for LED's
Graphite Powder Coated 20" RRS S/C Alloys
Side Steps
Tints
http://rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic1760-45.html