Whats actually to love? you had the same feature on the old one (it could be opened as one piece)...be like buying a phone and the the next version comes with a worse camera! Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

I had a power tailgate on my VW R36, and it was pretty good.

You couldnt close the tailgate on the keyfob which was pretty ordinary.

I personally love the two piece tailgate, find it better to use. My wife on the other hand reckons the boot on the RRS is the worst feature.

She doesn't use the glass only part ever, as with a pram you need to open it right up, and thinks it is a royal pain and heavy to close (even with power assist close).

When I enquired on LR on this point (when purchasing) I was told that they haven't cracked a power option on a split tailgate ie. you can either have a power tailgate, or a split tailgate, not both. LR obviously decided better to have the power than the split.

I cant think of any manufacturers who offer a split tailgate with power function - can anyone on here think of one?

I suppose it is personal preference, but I prefer split. But I also prefer the full fat (and disco) split - top goes up, bottom goes down..... which is another can of worms! 2011 TDV6 Luxury - Baltic Blue, Ebony with Contrast Stitch, RSE, Stormers, Towpack.

I seem to recall last year a patent being awarded to LR for a power split tailgate. Guess it's just not that good yet!

I have also had the same problem with the 2012 tailgate. Booked into the dealer for next week![/img]

Land Rover clearly don't have a quality control dept Do LR test anything or do they just send them out of the factory on a friday and hope for the best and let us mugs test and find their faults They really do need to get a grip on their QC

How many cars do LR make per day and on how many lines? Would it really take that much to have a bloke at the end of each line checking the cars.

"See if those boots open and close properly will you skip"
"Alright boss"

Job done. Although on the other hand, maybe the QC gadgie says none of them do, so they just send them out anyway because it would take too much effort to fix them all and the boat leaves for China in half an hour ... Disco 4 2012 3.0 SDV6 HSE,Santorini Black and Ebony, Privacy, Grand Black lacquer, 20" 5 spoke alloys, tow bar
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Gone: RRS 2011 3.0 TDV6 HSE, Stornoway Grey and Ebony
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2000 Lotus Elise S1 (still clinging on to it)

To be fair to LR this time Andy, my tailgate problem did not show up for a couple of weeks, on the other hand I cant help but wonder if the 'forgot' to tighten the hinge bolts what else did the 'forget' to do 12MY RRS Orkney Grey HSE Lux
12MY FF Santorini Black VSE

essexfarmer wrote:

To be fair to LR this time Andy, my tailgate problem did not show up for a couple of weeks, on the other hand I cant help but wonder if the 'forgot' to tighten the hinge bolts what else did the 'forget' to do

This is my point, the problem shouldn't of shown up at all

Just collected my car from the garage. As normal its a hassle to work from home and get it in.

When I got there I was told there was not a problem......at this point i asked for technician to show me. He had to press the button twice to get it to open. He said this was normal. I then closed it and asked him to repeat it. This time it took three presses !.

I then asked to get the keys of another RR sport and try that. He was actually surprised it open on the first press, then did a peach of a diagnosis and said " I think you boot must have a fault !"

No Sherlock.....so a complete waste of time going to the garage.

And i know exactly what will happen, they will have it in again, confirm that the power struts are faulty and have order the parts in....for me to visit a third time for repair - Rant over Jon Witts
2013 RR Sport HSE Black Edition
2012 RR Sport HSE - Gone
2006 RS4 Avant - Gone and missed
1988 Defender 90 - Competition truck
2011 Tiguan

umhh! this sounds families  Wanted a Series 2 LR since childhood but previously owned MY16 Disco Sport HSE TD4 Auto, MY13 RR Sport Black Edition TDV6 Auto, MY10 RR Sport HSE TDV6 Auto, 2007 Freelander 1 Freestyle TD4 Soft Top, 2009 Freelander 2 GS TD4 Auto, 2007 Freelander 2 GS TD4, 2004 Disco 2 Metropolis Auto, 2002 Disco 2 GS, 2000 Freelander 1 SE TD4 SW

Still hoping for a S2 one day!

Demand that your 2012 cars be fitted with the split tail gate, much better even though i have to slam it shut.  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Are the powered struts the same units fitted to the Evoques?

It would be interesting to see if they are having similar issues.

it really is a stupid implementation of a good idea. Obviously a power tailgate is a good idea, but why not let it split too, which all modern (respectable) 4x4's do - BMW X5 and FF RR spring to mind.

Very bad compromise that will be fixed in the next version. ============
2010 TDV8 HSE - ooo laa laaaaaaaaa
2007 TDV8 HSE - superb car and very reliable
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2012 - dearly departed, sadly missed.. to return in late 2013 with a new TDV8!

JonWitts wrote:

Just collected my car from the garage. As normal its a hassle to work from home and get it in.

When I got there I was told there was not a problem......at this point i asked for technician to show me. He had to press the button twice to get it to open. He said this was normal. I then closed it and asked him to repeat it. This time it took three presses !.

I then asked to get the keys of another RR sport and try that. He was actually surprised it open on the first press, then did a peach of a diagnosis and said " I think you boot must have a fault !"

No Sherlock.....so a complete waste of time going to the garage.

And i know exactly what will happen, they will have it in again, confirm that the power struts are faulty and have order the parts in....for me to visit a third time for repair - Rant over

I think your story an be shared by most of us on here; and for me would be the number one issue I have with any main dealer (if any are listening). Usually, we are armed with more information than they are from trawling the net to try and self diagnose but there is always the 3 stages to getting anything fixed.

My RRS was booked in to the dealer this week and the boot is now working perfectly. One touch from the button on the dash and from the remote.