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Longtime lurker here. I’m 16, live in Michigan, and just got my first car, a black 2010 Toyota Highlander. I named it Rondo. The car is in excellent condition, but has one minor issue: the glass hatch does not open more than three inches. I looked it up online and there doesn’t seem to be much info on it. it is a non-power liftgate model, if that helps. Please AMA/give tips on what to do
Rondo!
Sorry for the sideways image, but this is how far the hatch opens.
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UP or troll?
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You named your Toyota after a Kia?
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Those struts for the glass look incredibly rusty. They might be rusted in place to be honest. Try some penetrating oil on them maybe.
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I boo the naming of cars... boooooooooo...
Now that that’s out of the way, welcome! Nice Highlander.
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That strut looks like it might just be rusted to the point it won’t slide properly anymore
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Now that’s a proper first car! Welcome to Oppo Proper. Try some WD40 and jiggling the thingy.
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Welcome! Good to see the black Toyota SUV ownership of Oppo is going up!
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jiggle it, just a little bit..
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Fred Astaire and Alec Guinness disagree with this in the strongest terms.
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Welcome to Oppo! Cool car, a few of things:
1. Owning a highlander and not naming it “Connor MacLeod” is a huge missed opportunity. I get that you’re young, but still, no excuse.
2. That image isnt sideways unless you’ve already put the car in a ditch, which is possible given that you’re 16
3. I would use something like Deep Creep or PB Blaster on those struts and let it sit for an hour or so.
But seriously welcome
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Welcome, what’s the plans?
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No, he named it after a compositional form of music that was popular in the Baroque period. It features a refrain interspersed by contrasting sections called episodes. A typical rondo form (or rondeau, in French) might be labeled as ABACABA, with A representing the refrain and B and C representing the episodes.
It’s also the name of a Kia.
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Welcome to Oppo! We love having a new
victim
friend here!
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Welcome! Neat name. Don’t listen to Bman76, he is just jealous because he can’t think of a good name for his car ;)
I joke.
Nice car to start with! As others have suggested I say the struts are probably rusted down. A little penetrating lube should help and then you will probably need to replace them.
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last time I said that to a 16 year old, I got arrested :(
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I named my Toyota after Rajon Rondo, lol
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Welcome to oppo, looks like the struts on the Highlander are borked. New struts or a few gallons of liquid wrench are in your future.
PS I do not own a highlander, I only fancy being one as seen in the blockbuster movies from the 80's.
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Welcome!
I like the penetrating oil idea. Also, if you pry back the metal retaining clip from the head of the strut, it should detach easily. You should then be able to open the hatch without waiting for the oil to soak in.
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I had to look up Connor Macleod. Is Highlander on Netflix?
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I’m not sure if it is or not, but I would just read the plot on Wikipedia and save yourself the three hours. It is a seriously bad movie haha.
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It was my little sisters idea lol. She told me it needed a name, so I picked one before she can get her license
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ABACABA has a nice ring to it though..
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Welcome, that seems like a great first car to me. Check if anything is stuck at the top of the glass. Something might have fallen in by the hinge and be preventing it from opening all the way.
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Appreciate it, I think...
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“There can be only one!”. Nice first rig. Do stay away from the ditches.
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Welcome! I too lurked for a long time before posting (and I still mostly lurk). As long as you don’t make 6 posts within an hour about going to the dentist, you’ll be fine.
Congrats on the Highlander. A good car needs a good name.
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The album is named after its title track, “Abacab”. Rutherford said “there were three bits of music in ‘Abacab’, and we referred to them as ‘section a’, ‘section b’, and ‘section c’... and at different times, they were in different order. We’d start with ‘section a’ and then have ‘section c’ ... and at one point in time, it spelled Abacab. On the final version, it’s not that at all, it’s like ‘Accaabbaac’.” (Wiki)
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Just going to leave this here;
Also Kluger is a much more interesting name..
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Welcome to the ToyMoCoOppoLife buddy! May your car be as reliable as A BMW breaking
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There can be only one. Unless you decide to make a sequel, then there can be another one.
Enjoy the car!
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I was about to say. The strut looks super rusty in that picture.
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Welcome, I recommend trading it for a Juke. There is a Juke expert on here too, he posts occasionally. Just don’t go to the basement. If you do go to the basement remember to feed TheHondaBro & JKM their daily ration of 4 bread crumbs (about .5mm in size), & 1.5 tea spoons of spoiled milk.
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Wasn’t there a TV series as well?
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v6 or i4?
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Those lift struts look shot. You can replace them simply enough if you can raise the glass enough to detach one of the ends. Might help to have an extra set of hands. And welcome from another fellow Michigander. Where abouts are you? (Holds up right hand....)
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Northville, metro Detroit
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V6. Gas milage is not great
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Good deal, I’m over in Sterling Heights. Howdy neighbor.
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welcome victim, i mean friend
:)
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The plans are to do whatever I can with my broke teenager bank account. We’ll see how tacky I can get
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Troll...
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Boooo. Struts are probably frozen. Bolt in some new ones and you should be good to go.