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Our 9 year old Volvo does. If it senses any resistance, it lifts the tailgate back up.
I'll be surprised if Mercedes don't have that safety feature.
Edit. Reading the above posts, it seems they don't.
...and I would also consider the fact that the OP will probably loose the case, (or the will to live) as MB corporate grinds into motion and does all it can to slow proceedings down or bankrupt the OP...If you're considering taking this down a legal route, I'd suggest keeping the video away from t'internet just now. Might come in handy later on though of course.
Was that primary or secondary cat delete...?I was loading something in the boot of my car on the drive one morning and there was a "bong" and the bootlid started to close. I was somewhat puzzled as to why, but then saw next door's cat amble out from under the car...
That's my take on it. It manages to create both a crush hazard and a shear hazard. The only potential saving grace is that the speed of movement is slow.If it were in the workplace it would be illegal. End of. It would not pass even the most basic safety check.
That's my take on it. It manages to create both a crush hazard and a shear hazard. The only potential saving grace is that the speed of movement is slow.
The shear hazard sounds the worst to me.Lets assume the OP was hit on the noggin by the bottom edge of the door, his head as far as is possible from the hinge there by him exerting maximum pressure at the end of the 'lever'... and it did not stop, that would mean the 'cutting' power at the top of the door near the hinge (pivot point of the lever) would have been massive..That's my take on it. It manages to create both a crush hazard and a shear hazard. The only potential saving grace is that the speed of movement is slow.
hopefully you can view the video and
Id say it was dangerous yes, 2 black eyes for 3 weeks, and still scarring 6 weeks later from the cut would also agree.
What if it was a child?
It did indeed.But in the video the tailgate did stop?
That, to me, is the nub of it.It's not that it didn't stop, it's that is was in a place that the OP did not expect it to be, because it wasn't there a moment earlier.
Why did the boot not stop instantly on detection of obstacle in its path.
Door stopped when it encountered OP's head - admittedly by the OP turning into it as it descended.It did, but as tangey pointed out a couple of posts up, the OP moved his head into the door at the same time.
I still find it odd that the door will close while you're in range of being hit, but won't open unless you step back.
THat is not how it (at least on my GLC) works. I Stand, kick foot in and back out again, but do not move back. Tailgate opens. In fact I think you could (if you were entirely stupid) stand close enough to activate it and it hit you on the chin as it came up. I'll double check later, without the "entirely stupid" bit.It did, but as tangey pointed out a couple of posts up, the OP moved his head into the door at the same time.
I still find it odd that the door will close while you're in range of being hit, but won't open unless you step back.
Not wishing to make light of getting hit, I’ll show the video to the wife as she cannot ever get the ‘kick’ to work and so looks really stupid at the supermarket when she tries and absolutely nothing happensFrustrating to watch as I've had my car three years and I can never get the correct movement for it to work, where as this chap does a casual leg flick at 11 seconds and away it goes.
I suppose if you were unloading the car and had your hands full it would be useful to close the door with your foot?Sorry OP that vid did look painful. Wouldn't an RFID blocker wallet/pouch thingy block the signal?
I can't get my head around the need to wave your foot to close, wave to open yes. As you approach the car with shopping or what have you but it would be handy why would Merc do a wave to close.
Once all is loaded though wouldn't it be better to press a button to close as you would be standing at the end of the tailgate and made a concious decision to close it? Standing under a close tailgate having to wave your foot seems like a bad idea in any scenario.
I don't have any of these features so i'm probably missing something here.
My understanding (which may well be wrong) is that it is basically an over-current detector that detects the motor drawing more current than it should do, due to the obstacle. I think there is also a detection that it hasn't latched correctly when in the full down position, as a plastic bag over the metal latch on the boot floor will also trigger it.Well,, there are sensors on the powered boot lid to stop in closing if it meets an obstruction but I can't work out where they are.
Whether I close it by waving a boot, or pressing buttons, it will stop if it thinks even a sometimes empty shopping back is an obstruction.
So where are the sensors located, any ideas?
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