Trunk opened on its own and hit the garage door... Come on Ford!!!

[Dafstang]

My car is kept Pristine inside the garage. The garage door clearence to the back of the car is about 5 inches. I was working out using the TRX app on the phone near the car. The garage door was open during my workout. At some point I closed the grage door because my dog came in. After a while I looked and realized my trunk looked wedged open. It had opened on its own without me hitting any button. I can only speculate that since my phone was close to the car that when the garage door closed the sensor underneath the bumper picked up the movement and opened the trunk. Which I will turn off moving forward (and I like that feature). Just annoyed, I am sure someone can buff out these scratches but I just don't want to deal with it.

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[generaltso]

Ugh, that sucks. Is it possible that your dog ran under the bumper?

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

Ugh, that sucks. Is it possible that your dog ran under the bumper?

oh, that's a really interesting thought.

 

[krafty81]

I doubt that your garage door set off your under bumper sensor. I have an Escape with that same feature and that has never happened. My clearance is actually a little less than yours.

 

[Dafstang]

I doubt that your garage door set off your under bumper sensor. I have an Escape with that same feature and that has never happened. My clearance is actually a little less than yours.

I agree, because it is really hard to open the trunk sometimes by waving your foot under it, I was trying to explain it to myself what could have happened. That is the best I can come up with. I don't want this to happen when your parked at the store. I am sending this to ford so they know.

 

[Dafstang]

Ugh, that sucks. Is it possible that your dog ran under the bumper?

He tends to stay clear of the cars. I had music going and did not acutally see it happen, so I am not sure. But I know I did not hit any button.

 

[sinbinner]

Have you now reset the opening height lower to prevent that from happening again?

 

[generaltso]

He tends to stay clear of the cars. I had music going and did not acutally see it happen, so I am not sure. But I know I did not hit any button.

I don't remember who, but somebody did post a surveillance video on here a while back of their trunk opening all by itself in the garage in the middle of the night. So it's not unheard of. I only leave a few inches of clearance between the back of my car and the closed garage door, so I really hope mine never does that.

 

[Jimrpa]

The first thing I did when I got home was to reset the opening height. I learned that lesson the hard way with my Escape.

 

[Jimrpa]

I don't remember who, but somebody did post a surveillance video on here a while back of their trunk opening all by itself in the garage in the middle of the night. So it's not unheard of. I only leave a few inches of clearance between the back of my car and the closed garage door, so I really hope mine never does that.

That probably isn’t a bad scenario, as long as the tailgate doesn’t strike metal hardware, and you have the presence of mind to catch it before opening the garage door!

 

[Trick.Mach-E]

My car is kept Pristine inside the garage. The garage door clearence to the back of the car is about 5 inches. I was working out using the TRX app on the phone near the car. The garage door was open during my workout. At some point I closed the grage door because my dog came in. After a while I looked and realized my trunk looked wedged open. It had opened on its own without me hitting any button. I can only speculate that since my phone was close to the car that when the garage door closed the sensor underneath the bumper picked up the movement and opened the trunk. Which I will turn off moving forward (and I like that feature). Just annoyed, I am sure someone can buff out these scratches but I just don't want to deal with it.

My wife claimed the tailgate opened as well and like you it hit our garage door but did no damage.

You can program the tailgate's lift height and I recommend you do that! It's very easy to program how much the tailgate will lift up...

 

[generaltso]

You can program the tailgate's lift height and I recommend you do that! It's very easy to program how much the tailgate will lift up...

That won't help if the garage door is closed.

 

[Trick.Mach-E]

That won't help if the garage door is closed.

Yeah I missed the garage door was still closed part! I guess we'll have to program the tailgate to only open 3 inches then!!!

 

[bruceski88]

That won't help if the garage door is closed.

I think I will put some foam on the garage door so the trunk will be protected

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