In 38 years of motoring had something happen that has never happened before, I was in Newcastle on saturday and although it didn't snow it did rain ice, this covered the FL2 with a sheet of Ice. I had to go to the boot to get something and found it would not open, you could hear the lock working but it would not budge, at first I thought the rubbers must have frozen, but it turned out that water had run down the tailgate and pooled on the bumper, this had frozen and there was a ledge of ice preventing the tailgate from lifting. A kettle of water along the bottom of the tailgate sorted things out.
Anyone else had this problem.

I suppose the solution to that is the often "shown in photo's" boot attachment which makes the door shaped to match the bumper mouldings.  2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
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1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

climb in the back and push with feet while wife unlocks....worked for me

Thanks geoffk, hadn't thought of that one, perhaps LR should engineer better drainage in this area, I have noticed when you wash it water always pools along this area.

1STFREELANDER wrote:

Thanks geoffk, hadn't thought of that one, perhaps LR should engineer better drainage in this area, I have noticed when you wash it water always pools along this area.

I believe there are drain holes at either end of the ledge - might be worth checking if you have them and whether they're blocked. 2002 Honda VFR800
2002 Toyota Celica 140 Silver (mid life crisis - again!)
2007 FL2 GS Manual Army Reconnaissance Green + freel2.com sticker
2004 Toyota Celica 140 Black - Gone
2000 Toyota Celica 140 Silver - Gone
1998 Toyota Celica ST Pearl Green - Gone
1996 Nissan Primera 1.6 - Gone
1994 Rover Montego 1.6 Auto - Gone

geoffk wrote:

climb in the back and push with feet while wife unlocks....worked for me

Would it work using the neighbours wife?

the rubber button on the boot often freezes up and wont work so i just have to open the boot with the keyfob.