I have no idea why you want to put a pig in the back of a new 2025 CX-5.
Especially when cans of Spam are much easier, and they don't bite.
They also make dog crates (would double for a pig too) for the back of SUV's and the cage door closes easily and fast.

 

this reads like a husband that texts his wife and doesn't use an emoji and she gets all twisted up thinking he is mad at her lol

 

hmm I never would have thought of that? Well I do appreciate when a member post information based on a level of experience!

 

He actually is trying to PREVENT a pig from getting into his car.... LOL

 

 

My mistake.
Having raised pigs I know, there is no way a domestic pig can jump into in the back of an SUV.
Fall into a food trough yes, but jump, not so much.
Though it is really easy, even with a full-grown pig, to keep them from placing a snout in the cargo area of an SUV.
I've never seen a domestic pig running around the driveway or garage unless it had escaped its enclosure.
Which is a delightful circus of entertainment in itself, unless you are the one trying to wrangle them back into the pen.
In fact, any pig off mine running around would definitely have had an impact on "bringing home the bacon".
Reminds me, only 6 more months to my friends "nearly" annual pig roast.
And yeah the snout gets roasted along with the rest of the head, the cheek meat is extra special.

 

Domestic pigs are one thing. Javelinas or wild pigs are a totally different flavor of bacon and need to be avoided unless you're hunting them. I don't know which the OP is talking about, but, if the latter, a .357 is a good alternative to a manually closing door.

 

I assumed it was one of his pigs as the majority of states don't have any known "established" populations of feral pigs/boars and Washington state is one of them.
.22 worked fine when I was raising pigs, way cheaper and far less damaging to the "bacon"...
But then my pigs were just standing there having their last "apple".

 

You could always detach the motors for the rear lift gate (I believe they are located inside the struts themselves) and replace them with regular old hydraulic struts?
You would have to see how complicated this is, may cause issues with the power liftgate button or the car may have an error if you do this, can try disconnecting power to them first to test that theory.

Or you could see if a junkyard has the rear liftgate of your car in your color that is a manual and swap them out.

No cheap solution I know, but thats the only possibly ways I can think of swapping it.