Can I drive with this?
Choose the symptom or warning light, and optionally your vehicle and any code you have read. You get CarFaultIQ's driving guidance for it, the signs that mean stop, and the records for your vehicle.
Whatever this page says: stop driving if there is smoke or fire, the brakes or steering stop working normally, a red warning light or flashing check-engine light appears, or the temperature gauge reaches the top.
Tell us what is happening
Level 4 of 5
Usually OK for short-term driving — diagnose soon
This is usually not an immediate driving risk, but it should not be ignored. Book an inspection.
- Symptom The tailgate or boot will not stay open
Why this result
- CarFaultIQ's page for "The tailgate or boot will not stay open" gives: Usually OK for short-term driving — diagnose soon. Read the guidance
This guidance is CarFaultIQ editorial content, not a diagnosis. The source page gives the full explanation.
Your vehicle and year add context below but do not change the level: the level comes only from the guidance for the symptom and code.
Stop driving if
- Not a driving hazard, but a tailgate that drops without warning is a genuine injury risk to whoever is loading beneath it.
Sensible next step
Book an inspection at your next opportunity.
What to check first
- Support the tailgate manually whenever opening or closing it until repaired
- Inspect both struts and their mounting points for corrosion or detachment
- Replace gas struts in pairs, since the second is usually close behind the first
- Do not stand or work beneath an unsupported tailgate
General guidance from CarFaultIQ's published pages, not an inspection of your car. It cannot see what a mechanic or a diagnostic scan would. If anything feels unsafe, stop and get help.