Tailgate sensitivity driving me mad...

[Ted1999]

Hi. I've owned my Taycan for about three months now and loving it, especially as the minor niggles that annoyed me at first have faded into the background.
One that just will not go away is the tailgate. As the trim on the tailgate itself slopes quite sharply, I get caught out not pushing taller items right back. In my old car it would apply a firm pressure to anything in its way before halting, however if I were to put too large a pillow in the Taycan it would halt and give me the three beeps. So I resort to pushing with my hand to close.
Does anyone know of a way to adjust the sensitivity, so that it will apply a bit more pressure before giving up??
(And yes I know, if that is all that bothers me it does confirm what a good car it is!)
Thanks

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[sufcrusher]

You can still push through yourself if you know you're safe. Problem is of course you're usually already sitting in the driver's seat by the time you become aware of the problem.

 

[f1eng]

Could be that being Porsche they fitted the lightest system that would work - soft close systems are H-E-A-V-Y and it doesn’t have much excess power in the motor or strength in the linkage?
The Taycan is the first car I have had with such a system and it hasn’t seemed unexpectedly weedy to me.

 

[Ted1999]

Could be that being Porsche they fitted the lightest system that would work - soft close systems are H-E-A-V-Y and it doesn’t have much excess power in the motor or strength in the linkage?
The Taycan is the first car I have had with such a system and it hasn’t seemed unexpectedly weedy to me.

Could be the case. I wouldn't normally notice except the trim on the tailgate is so bulky that you really have only half the height at the opening for items before it throws its toys out of the pram. It makes for lots of fun when i take my kids (and their massive school bags) to school in the morning!

 

[W1NGE]

Hi. I've owned my Taycan for about three months now and loving it, especially as the minor niggles that annoyed me at first have faded into the background.
One that just will not go away is the tailgate. As the trim on the tailgate itself slopes quite sharply, I get caught out not pushing taller items right back. In my old car it would apply a firm pressure to anything in its way before halting, however if I were to put too large a pillow in the Taycan it would halt and give me the three beeps. So I resort to pushing with my hand to close.
Does anyone know of a way to adjust the sensitivity, so that it will apply a bit more pressure before giving up??
(And yes I know, if that is all that bothers me it does confirm what a good car it is!)
Thanks

Not something you can adjust - dealer maybe but suspect not.

I got used to it and had the same behaviour on my 4S saloon and now my GTS ST.

Personally I think its a good thing given the safety angle and to apply more pressure would seem counter intuitive.

Suspect there's a standard for force applied during closing and no doubt one for the anti trap mechanism on the windows.

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