Tailgate opening by itself

[Derek Wallace]

Hi, I’m a newbie here on the forum so please forgive me if I have posted this in the wrong thread.
I have a 2019 E class estate, since I bought it last year the tailgate has a mind of its own...it opens by itself quite frequently....say once a month, I have often come out to go to work to find it open!.....any ideas what this might be or is the car possessed!!!

 

[Srdl]

I’m sure this has come up before and I don’t recall any solutions.

The only thing I can add is to ask whether you keep the key in your trousers pocket and whether the boot open button is getting accidentally pressed when you sit down, for example?

Edit... try searching “mercedes tailgate opens by itself” on Google

Here are a couple of threads from this forum:

W204 Boot Randomly Opens

Hello all, been a little while since I last posted here, mainly because my current Merc has been so wonderfully reliable, I haven’t needed any help. I was also saddened to see that Malcolm has passed away in the time I have been away. He was so helpful and generous with his time to absolutely...

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Boot open accidentally !!!!

I got a told by a work colleague that my car boot was open in the car park today - golf clubs etc on display - anyone could have walked away with them. I had the key in my pocket and must have acidentally pressed the open boot button. I hadnt realised that this could happen. I thought the...

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