[Mae22]

Another way to close if the kick doesn't work.

That first maneuver would have sent me to the hospital with a torn....something. LOL

 

[Grawyl]

Not sure if it's been said, but you have to have the key fob close to the rear of the car to work. My wife discovered this and we played around with it a bit. I have the kick down pretty good and it opens pretty close to 100% of the time as long as the key is at the back of the car. As soon as my wife carries the key fob to the front, it won't work. When she comes back to the back of the car with the fob, it works perfectly.

 

[BTDOC23]

Hoping this great forum can help me crack the code on how to consistently get the rear trunk to open with my foot.

I get it like 5 out of 10 times and can’t see to find the exact spot, the exact rhythm or method to the madness!

where is the sensor exactly and how fast do you have to kick??

Thanks

 

[donR]

I believe its in the centre. I find the trick is to make sure your kick is snappy like kicking a football. Does take a while to get the nack of it.

 

[cruzer666]

Quick kick in and out in the middle. Emphasis on quick, don’t hit your shin bone though.

It works 100% of the time for me. Thanks @dulcie for suggesting, I had the same issue.

 

[NielsH]

Also think about where your key is in relation to the kick.

 

[8853]

Quick kick in and out in the middle. Emphasis on quick, don’t hit your shin bone though.

It works 100% of the time for me. Thanks @dulcie for suggesting, I had the same issue.

Same- once I figured out it’s directly in the center, it’s been very reliable- use it often with the hatchback and my arms full

 

[rollermonkey]

I have the perfect method, works 100% of the time.

I just push the button.

Then again, I don't have kick to open, but still. As much trouble as people have with KTO, it shouldn't be a huge inconvenience to just skip the hokey-pokey under the bumper and push the button.

 

[cruzer666]

Same- once I figured out it’s directly in the center, it’s been very reliable- use it often with the hatchback and my arms full

Until @dulcie mentioned this I had maybe a 33% success rate. Idiot in the parking lot with bags in hands kicking under the car look.

 

[dojoman]

I added it on my car with the module that was removed on my build due to chip shortage. So far kick to open works 100% for me every time. I don’t even do a quick kick still works not sure if it’s related to type of module installed. I’m surprised it’s difficult to execute for some people. You do have wait like a second before the trunk starts to open with a beep. I noticed that some people didn’t wait and kicked again which cancels out the open operation. Wait a few seconds before kicking again. I had a loaner Audi with same KTO and worked on that car too.

 

[pressurized]

This may help

 

[J_P]

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[mTV Junior]

Hoping this great forum can help me crack the code on how to consistently get the rear trunk to open with my foot.

I get it like 5 out of 10 times and can’t see to find the exact spot, the exact rhythm or method to the madness!

where is the sensor exactly and how fast do you have to kick??

Thanks

There's a slight lag in it opening that if you think you missed it and kicked again it will register as a kick to close and you will go into a loop and look/feel like an idiot.

The sensor is pretty much dead center under where your plate would be. You can do a kick in (although I've accidentally kicked the car this way) or you can do a sweep of the foot under the bumper where the plate is.

Wait a second or two before trying again and it should open. Once I switched to this it is near 100% for me.

 

[Lightning_2515]

The guy is pretty goofy but it's a good demo on what to do and what not to do

Brilliant! I've gone from it it never working to it working most times. Tnx

 

[dingo6610]

Today I finally discovered how to operate the i4 “kick to open” feature.

(This is what BMW refers to in the user manual as “Opening/closing the cargo area with no-touch activation” and “Touchless opening and closing of the cargo area”. Neither of those is as easy to say as “kick to open” nor is terminologically consistent with the other; but there you go. )

The key is to kick quickly. That’s it, really.

Yes, where you kick is important, too (“Stand in the middle behind the vehicle at approx. one arm's length away from the rear of the vehicle.”)

But it is the briefness of the gesture that will trigger the feature. BMW describes this as “Wave a foot under the vehicle in the driving direction and immediately pull it back.” I added the emphasis there, and I think that the user manual should have done the same.

You could think of it as gesturing as if tapping something with the toe of your shoe rather than kicking something. A tap is quick, whereas a kick could take a while.

Previously that’s what I was doing in my desperation: foot sweeps, splits, moonwalks, roundhouse kicks… almost nothing worked. An occasional success left me wondering what I did right.

Not today. So pleased was I with my discovery that I enabled “kick to close”, thus learning that closing the hatch with this feature causes a warning sound to play as the hatch closes (beep… beep… beep…) For a moment I thought it was a truck backing up.

It's the little things. Enjoy.

Confirming this. The dealership trained me this way the day I picked up the car.

 

[Daemo]

Even the dealer couldn't tell me this. They told me my car wasn't equipped with the feature but now it works every time