[kolosy]

Cross posting from the DIY forum as I'm not sure how much action that sees.

i was installing magnetic paddle shifters and disconnected the battery (because airbag). had the tailgate open because it was easier to work that way. took about 20 minutes with the battery off. plugged it back in, pressed the close button on the tail gate, and it beeped at me and did nothing. tried the close button on the tail gate itself, same thing. so i manually closed the tailgate and then pressed the button on the hatch and it closed happily. thought nothing of it. then, i go driving and hear a really loud rattle from the trunk area. was definitely not there before, sounds as if the hatch is moving just enough to cause an audible plastic on plastic trim rattle.

so my thinking now is that maybe without running the initialization it's not seating as fully as it should? before i take it to the dealer i'd like to try it myself, and TIS explicitly says (when replacing the tail gate) that you need to run the initialization routine. I have ISTA but I use it on my E90 m3. Got it running with the X5, but I'm not seeing any scripts to run.

sooo... is there another way to trigger this initialization, or am I SOL and have to go to the dealer?