Land Rover Discovery 4 stuck tailgate fix from INSIDE the boot!

[@999iana]

Top man.... I’ve been driving around unable to open my tailgate for months. Time to sort it with your help👍

[@hugoviljoen431]

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[@GordonT-l4b]

This is an excellent guide, my tailgate failed the day I was moving home.. bit of a pain filling up the back via the two rear doors. At my new place I made up the bent paint scraper tool, really good hint. Using that and two Park Tool tyre levers made the job of removing the carpet a lot easier. I'd bought an actuator for a Ford Fiesta (AUD 24.00, I'd replace the one in my wife's car a few months earlier) as from the pictures I could see they were identical, just different backing plate and cable attachment. I installed the new actuator on the old LR backing plate, moved the cable attachment and put everything back together. A very satisifying click when testing and everything working as expected! The entire job probably took me an hour and a half including making the paint scraper tool. The annoying thing is that I could see the previous owner of the car had the tailgate open and an attempt to improve the operation of the actuator had been made - an extra $24 for them would have saved me a huge hassle...

[@davedejonge4801]

Thanks a ton for making this video. Your solution worked great. Manufacturing the bar was a genius move ... especially helpful when you showed how to use it. It allowed me to quickly open the hatch. But oh man, getting the carpet from under the trim is a huge pain -- definitely the worst part of the job.

[@charlesatkinson4053]

Both Thank You to you, Simon, for posting a comprehensive video showing all the steps. My tailgate stopped working yesterday, now I have the instruction manual to guide my weekend ! :)

[@elgarajedemattautosdehighp3937]

Just bought a discovery 4, I was advised the tailgate was broken before purchase, I am quite capable of fixing it myself, but its nice to watch your video before I start snapping trim 🙂 great informative video, thanks for taking the time.

[@terrygray6697]

Many thanks. You are a man amongst men. We just used your wonderful video to fix the tailgate on my son's LR4. Happily for us, we managed to get the tailgate open using WD40 etc up into the lock mechanism. Whether that helped or not we are not sure. Regardless, when the tailgate opened (magically) we knew we had to leave it open and strip the door down to start our repair. The solenoid motor was faulty in our case but we replaced the lock mechanism as well. Thanks again.

[@bobmonk999]

Thanks for your help. My tailgate did open, eventually, it was the actuator that had failed. This video really helped me. Cheers Mate

[@jamesdufty989]

Hey Simon, thanks for your video I had the same problem on my 2013 D4 and followed your steps and managed to fix it and get everything back together without any issues!. Took me a couple of hours in the end. The part numbers are, the actuator is FUG500010 and the latch is LR017470. There is another part EOT500013 which is the replacement Moisture shield you have to cut through to acess the cable actuator. I couldn't find that part anywhere so once I was done I just taped it with high temp duct tape you use on Air Con or range hood ducting which should do the job. Hardest part was removing the trim at the begin but was realtively straightforward after that. Thanks again

[@markhugall8365]

Followed your process today and used the scraper technique which worked a treat. The only difference was I had to hook the cable out of the top of the black casing and pull it instead of using the bar as it had snapped inside the casing. Cheers for the video mate.

[@thatmancalledhobbs]

Thanks Simon, I made exactly the same tool to your design from an old paint scraper, worked a treat. I had the inside cover off in 20 mins. Getting the cable to release took a bit longer. I even made a similar tool for that too but it just takes persistence. Thanks to all the tips.

[@simonbenton5635]

Glad it helped

[@scotthenshaw-dann6787]

Absolutely brilliant idea with paint scrapper mate! Thanks for sharing

[@dr_dr]

Great video. Others recommend drilling great big holes in the carpet, so this is a much better and less destructive technique. Having seen this happen a few times on other peoples cars, I wasn't going to take the chance of having to do all this so I have used an old bicycle brake cable piggyback attached to the release cable at the actuator (near where the spring is) with 1-1.5mm wire rope clips and fed it up to the top trim of the tailgate where the end loop just tucks under the trim. Invisible until you need it and doesn't affect normal use. Just fish it out and pull gently to release the tailgate. Oh, and the warning on the trim clips is worth heeding; the little sods fly off in all directions! Buy M4 spire clips from Amazon if you need replacements (as you can guess, I did🥵).

[@simonbenton5635]

Nice idea, thanks David 👍

[@dr_dr]

@@simonbenton5635 I can't take the credit as it's an adaptation of an idea I've seen elsewhere (although I can't remember where). I had thought about using a handle from a sofa recliner, cut into the carpet trim, to operate the cable, or even an emergency garage door release key lock (for some security), but in the end I just added a blob of Polymorph to the cable end to allow some grip and tucked it under the trim.

[@markdebcam]

SIMON, thanks for your top video, just the job👍

[@rangeyrover]

Thanks mate. Gave me enough clues to sort mine out and get it opened again

[@simonbenton5635]

Glad it helped

[@rangeyrover]

@@simonbenton5635 It did! I left a small piece of ratchet strap material under the lip for next time....

[@arthurgevorkyan2788]

Thank you for the video sir, just to simplify things, if your actuator makes noise but would not open, try to use scanner, and in BDM (body control module) erase actuator code, and try to open the gate. In my case it was dying out of 30 button actuations it would open once, so it gave up one day. Instead of removing trim and carpet i erased the code and gate opened!

[@StephenJohnWilliams]

I followed your advice on getting carpet out and used some sturdy tyre levers and a big screwdriver. Still can’t get the actuator to operate but will persevere

[@torbenjansen1731]

Very helpful thanks a kazillion mate 👍🏻

[@reccerat4446]

Thanks for this, about to try and sort it!

[@AshMills1973]

Gutted not to see how you got the bent bar in the back of the actuator!

[@firstnamesecondname5341]

Like the ole days of changing a bicycle tire 👍

[@timotuuha8096]

I have problems with the lock. Sometimes it doesn't open in the summers when hot is the worst. I changed the micro switch but didnt fix the problem. So next i'll try fixing the actuator.

[@waynewarner5717]

Hey, would you mind putting the part numbers or the store you bought it from?

[@SamRahimi1]

The button on my upper tailgate does not do anything (no noise either). I’m still able to press the button on the fob and simultaneously pull on the tailgate to get it open. Any thoughts on a fox for this?

[@kelvis80]

to open you just had to put your finger where the door closes on both sides and the door opens without problems

[@lutronc4412]

I am wondering if mine is just dirty but replacing smart

[@147258GS]

I have this problem. I could hear the Lock unbolt, and it did. But was stuck in the ajar position. Might be different to this video... I opened it by holding the back latch button while activating the boor release on the remote. Its not fixed but i can open it until i work out the proper fix

[@overland_west_bath]

Doesn’t holding the lock and unlock buttons on the dash down together open the rear door?

[@rusty911s2]

Yes, but that is no different to using the key fob or the tailgate button, assuming the problem is the actuator / cable.

[@billcoley8520]

Well ole boy you screwed that carpet up

[@cryptopia9436]

discovery 4 has a tailgate release on the key fob engine must be off.

[@CPROsalmo]

In the end I just paid someone to do it