Factory installed hitch and kick to open hatch

bluemark · 11-11-2019, 07:42 PM

On vehicles with a factory installed hitch, the kick to open hatch does not work. Why in the world would BMW not relocate the sensor for the kick to open hatch feature on vehicles with a factory installed hitch?

verysideways · 11-11-2019, 08:26 PM

I think this is a North American issue - the rest of the world uses a different hitch, and kick to open still works.

corn18 · 11-11-2019, 08:55 PM

And I don't want my back hatch opening when I have something hanging off the hitch.

bluemark · 11-11-2019, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by corn18

And I don't want my back hatch opening when I have something hanging off the hitch.

I have a 2015 X3 now with hitch and kick to open hatch that works. Not once have I ever had my hatch open while hauling a trailer.

corn18 · 11-11-2019, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bluemark

I have a 2015 X3 now with hitch and kick to open hatch that works. Not once have I ever had my hatch open while hauling a trailer.

Well good for you. Data point of one.

bluemark · 11-11-2019, 09:24 PM

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Well good for you. Data point of one.

One better than your data point because obviously, you can’t test your theory!

corn18 · 11-11-2019, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bluemark

One better than your data point because obviously, you can’t test your theory!

Why would I want to? Mine will never open when I am walking around the back because it doesn't have it. Can't prove a negative. Happy for you, though, mate.

bluemark · 11-11-2019, 09:31 PM

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Why would I want to? Mine will never open when I am walking around the back because it doesn't have it. Can't prove a negative. Happy for you, though, mate.

Obviously, you can’t prove anything you don’t have, so why even respond to something you don’t know the answer to?

corn18 · 11-11-2019, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bluemark

Obviously, you can’t prove anything you don’t have, so why even respond to something you don’t know the answer to?

Do you even own a G01?

EVTee · 11-11-2019, 09:36 PM

I'll take no kick sensor until they make that into a setting you can change on iDrive. I had an X1 with a kick sensor and aftermarket hitch and that thing has opened itself more than a few times while I still had my bike on the rack. There's been a few scuff on the trunk and a dent on my license plate because I walked near the back of my car with the bike rack on the hitch.

bluemark · 11-11-2019, 09:37 PM

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Do you even own a G01?

Yes! With a hitch and kick to open that doesn’t work because of the hitch.

Jasonmichaeljones · 11-11-2019, 10:19 PM

Maybe they disable for fear of tow chains or trailer wiring triggering the sensor? I have yet to crawl under to see if the sensor is just missing, or disabled by coding. (i do have a north american factory installed hitch).

I had it on my F25 with a dealer installed factory hitch and never had an issue with accidental / inadvertent hatch opening. Frankly, i don't really miss it much and knew from the forums that i would not get it with the hitch, but am curious as to why it is removed.

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EVTee Second Lieutenant 63 Rep 267 Posts Drives: 2019 X3 M40i Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC iTrader: (0)	I'll take no kick sensor until they make that into a setting you can change on iDrive. I had an X1 with a kick sensor and aftermarket hitch and that thing has opened itself more than a few times while I still had my bike on the rack. There's been a few scuff on the trunk and a dent on my license plate because I walked near the back of my car with the bike rack on the hitch.
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Jasonmichaeljones Private 25 Rep 56 Posts Drives: 2020 X3 M40I, 2012 135I Vert Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Ohio iTrader: (0)	Maybe they disable for fear of tow chains or trailer wiring triggering the sensor? I have yet to crawl under to see if the sensor is just missing, or disabled by coding. (i do have a north american factory installed hitch). I had it on my F25 with a dealer installed factory hitch and never had an issue with accidental / inadvertent hatch opening. Frankly, i don't really miss it much and knew from the forums that i would not get it with the hitch, but am curious as to why it is removed.
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