BMW X5 Owner's Manual page 105

▷ When the vehicle starts moving.
▷ By pressing the used button used again.
Closing
Functional requirement
Without Comfort Access: The lower tailgate
must be closed; otherwise, a Check Control
message will be displayed.
From the outside
Without Comfort Access:
1. Closing the lower tailgate manually.
2. Press the button on the inside of the upper
tailgate.
With Comfort Access:
▷ Press the button on the inside of the
upper tailgate.
The lower tailgate will be closed automatically
with the upper tailgate.
▷ Press the button on the inside of the
upper tailgate.
The vehicle will be locked after closing the
tailgate. The driver's door must be closed for
this purpose and the vehicle key must be out‐
side of the vehicle in the area of the tailgate.
The lower tailgate will be closed automatically
with the upper tailgate.
From the inside
Without Comfort Access:
1. Closing the lower tailgate manually.
2. Pull and hold the button in the driver
door.
The vehicle key must be located in the car's
interior for this function.
With Comfort Access:
Opening and closing
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Pull and hold the button in the driver door.
The vehicle key must be located in the
car's interior for this function.
The lower tailgate will be closed automatically
with the upper tailgate.
An acoustic signal sounds before the tailgate is
closed.
Interruption of the closing procedure
The closing procedure is interrupted in the fol‐
lowing situations:
▷ If the vehicle starts off with a jerky movement.
▷ By pressing the used button used again.
Lower tailgate
Opening
General information
When open, the lower tailgate can support loads
of up to 550 lbs/250 kg.
Functional requirement
The upper tailgate must be open.
From the outside
Without Comfort Access:
Press the button on the lower tailgate
and fold the lower tailgate down.
With Comfort Access:
Press the button on the lower tailgate.
With Comfort Access: from the inside
Depending on the settings, the lower tailgate will
be opened automatically with the upper tailgate.
With Comfort Access: terminating the
opening procedure
The opening procedure is interrupted in the fol‐
lowing situations:
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