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Many of us have discovered the little quirk where the window lock also applies to the rear hatch window button on the center overhead console -- the window lock is typically meant to prevent children or dogs in the back from opening the backseat windows so it makes little sense that we'd ever need a lockout for a window button that's already only accessible from the front seats. But fine, lesson learned.
But in addition, it seems that you can't raise the rear window using the outside controls if any other door is open? You can lower it from the outside no problem, but not close it, and the truck will beep at you for what feels like 10 seconds if you try it. What is the thinking here?
Finally, if you try to pop the hatch while the rear window is down by any amount it will pop open an inch, but won't power lift. I suppose this makes sense from a safety standpoint if you had the window cracked and needed to get your dog out in a fire or something, but why won't the power lift operate with the window down? I understand in models without power lift it's probably bad to slam the door shut with the window half down, but the power lift is very gentle -- if I pop the hatch with the window down I then have to manually slam it shut, which seems like it would be worse for it than letting the power lift do it slowly. Say my window is just cracked a hair and I don't realize it and go to open the hatch -- it pops open an inch, I now cannot close the window OR power lift the hatch, and have to slam the hatch shut, close the window, then open the hatch again. This seems poorly thought out.
What is the design philosophy behind these limitations? Are there any other weird operational conditions I haven't discovered yet?
But in addition, it seems that you can't raise the rear window using the outside controls if any other door is open? You can lower it from the outside no problem, but not close it, and the truck will beep at you for what feels like 10 seconds if you try it. What is the thinking here?
Finally, if you try to pop the hatch while the rear window is down by any amount it will pop open an inch, but won't power lift. I suppose this makes sense from a safety standpoint if you had the window cracked and needed to get your dog out in a fire or something, but why won't the power lift operate with the window down? I understand in models without power lift it's probably bad to slam the door shut with the window half down, but the power lift is very gentle -- if I pop the hatch with the window down I then have to manually slam it shut, which seems like it would be worse for it than letting the power lift do it slowly. Say my window is just cracked a hair and I don't realize it and go to open the hatch -- it pops open an inch, I now cannot close the window OR power lift the hatch, and have to slam the hatch shut, close the window, then open the hatch again. This seems poorly thought out.
What is the design philosophy behind these limitations? Are there any other weird operational conditions I haven't discovered yet?
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