Chevrolet Equinox Owners Manual: Liftgate
Manual Liftgate Operation
Unlock the vehicle before opening the liftgate.
To open the liftgate, press the touch pad under the liftgate handle and lift up.
Do not press the touch pad while closing the liftgate. This may cause the liftgate to be unlatched.
Power Liftgate Operation
On vehicles with a power liftgate, the vehicle must be in P (Park) to use the power feature. The taillamps flash when the power liftgate moves.
Choose the power liftgate mode by turning the dial on the switch to either the 3/4 or MAX position.
Press
to open or close the
liftgate.
Hands-Free Liftgate
The liftgate will not operate if the RKE transmitter is not within 1 m (3 ft).
To operate, kick your foot straight up in one swift motion under rear bumper between the left exhaust pipe and the license plate, then pull it back.
See Liftgate.
Door Locks
To lock or unlock the vehicle from
the outside, press or
on the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter.
: Press to lock the doors. The
indicator light in the switch will come
on when the d ...
Windows
Power windows work when the
ignition is on, in ACC/ACCESSORY,
or in Retained Accessory Power
(RAP). See Retained Accessory
Power (RAP).
Using the window switch, press to
open or pull to clos ...
Other materials:
Engine Overheating
The vehicle has an engine coolant
temperature gauge on the
instrument cluster and overheat
messages in the Driver Information
Center (DIC) to warn of engine
overheating. See Engine Coolant
Temperature Gauge. The DIC
also displays overheat messages.
The decision may be made not to lift
the ...
