fotomoto Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 I love the hands free lift gate feature and use it a lot; especially when grocery shopping. While unloading at home, I usually touch the convenient close button on the upper left side of the open gate; however, the last items are typically the heaviest and/or cumbersome (large bag of bird seed, case of water, etc). Well, it finally dawned on me to try the kick feature to close the door. DUH! :banghead: Works like a charm. <quietly leaves room> spyburn and salsaguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wab Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Our kick to close has always worked better than the kick to open.Before the software upgrade kick to open rarely worked, it works most of the time now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaDadMiami Posted May 23, 2014 Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 Mine has been perfect since the software fix. salsaguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowbar Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 The kick to open / close is great. One of those features that once you have you wouldn't want to live without. My wife had our dachshund at the vet one day this week. When returning to the car the dog was on a leash and they walked behing the car. The dog walk under the rear bumper and opened the hatch (wife had her fob in her purse). My wife said she stood there and laughed. Laurel, C-MaxSea and salsaguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted May 24, 2014 Report Share Posted May 24, 2014 I think my kick-to-open didn't catch once, since the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyburn Posted June 30, 2014 Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 The kick to open / close is great. One of those features that once you have you wouldn't want to live without. My wife had our dachshund at the vet one day this week. When returning to the car the dog was on a leash and they walked behing the car. The dog walk under the rear bumper and opened the hatch (wife had her fob in her purse). My wife said she stood there and laughed.FYI lowbar....the kick close also works while you are bent over, half in the car and the cat rubs against your ankles. On the plus side, the feature that stops the lift gate from crushing you works just fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MaxSea Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Sure glad we did not have to read headline "Cat Crushes C-Max Owner". :) Trust it did not hurt. Cats! nick spyburn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbov Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Who needs a cat? I opened and closed it several times while installing the trailer hitch! Now I kick the hitch to open, as it blocks the sensor... no more cat issues!Frank spyburn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian_L Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 For about the first two months of owning the car, I didn't realize the button on the left side of the open door was there to close the rear hatch. To close the hatch, I awkwardly reached up to push the button above the licence plate. Now that's a "duh" moment! I guess the kick feature is good if you have your hands full, but I find double clicking on the fob to be easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timwil56 Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 The kick to close also works when you're sitting on the bumper taking off your golf shoes and you swing your other leg under the bumper, you don't hear the closing tones and the tail gate comes down on your head. spyburn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MaxSea Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Tim, you need to reprogram the lift gate to yell "FORE" when closing. ;) spyburn and timwil56 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponypower Posted July 3, 2014 Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I never had a problem with the kick to open/close on my 2014 I have gone 420 miles on a little less than 1/2 tank of gas!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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