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    Tailgate latch issue

    I know there's been a few threads on this already - I've had a look, and my symptoms seem slightly different (although maybe the cause is the same??!)...

    I was using my car around the house (moving trailer) last weekend. The tailgate latch started actuating (on it's own) repeatedly.
    It did this many (50-100) times over the course of a few hours, whilst the car was running and turned off (ignition off).
    When I closed the tailgate and then tried to unlatch it, the latch was unresponsive a few times, but I was eventually able to open it.
    When I locked the car, it did not do it (repeated unlatching).

    Maybe related - I had a low battery warning on my remote, and I put a new battery in straight away. The unprovoked unlatching happened 1-2 days after this, so the remote should have been fine.

    I locked the car up, and it hasn't happened since. I used it once yesterday (first use since last weekend), and there was no evidence of the auto-unlatching that had occurred.

    Is this evidence of a failing latch? I feel like it may be more to do with my remote or some other signal issue...

    Any ideas?

    Fault code from IID tool:

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    Thanks (in advance!).
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    It could well be the microswitch in the upper door handle sticking, gently prise it out and give it a clean with contact cleaner. At least the actuator got a hood workout...

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