Napalm
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so 2 main issues. First off thanks to Shelton for that listing, and like it says it would be major.
I don't see it on there but I suspect there's another sensor involved. but more later.
what feature do you actually want - power liftgate, or power liftgate with the foot swipe, key fob open, and the button on the dash.
reason I say this. Ford's installation is for the full monty - at least on the 2016 model, don't know if foot swipe was on the 15 or earlier.
As such like Shelton says your control module has to know what to do with foot activation sensors - and the logic ford puts there for safety. It then has to know what to do with a key fob button, and have the reverse safety logic in play so if the liftgate were to hit something it wouldn't keep running etc etc.
to that end - Ford's implementation is major, safety oriented and honestly I think worth the price. for the most part.
BUT - if you wanted to just have a button to open the lift gate without anything else - you could wire up your own version. you'd still want the ford struts (would be cheapest, easist bolt in) - and you'd wire in a switch that connected AFTER you unlatched the gate. Bear in mind I'd keep your mechanical latched gate - simply because the rest of the system would require you to change out liftgates and you'd need some more of that safety logic that you would need to re-create.
but - you could rig a switch up, with a limit switch for full open, and another for full down - some relay logic (or you might could use a raspberry pi). it would take some planning to figure out your logic circuits but relatively easy - and you'd end up pulling the mechanical handle - then tripping the activation - back away (you might want to implement the beeping that the factory system uses) and then the upper limit switch would turn off the motor and lock it (assuming they have an internal lock feature).
But it would be doable a little bit easier than doing the full up factory install.
Otherwise as stated - you'd want the feature software activation for the BCM, you'd need the sensors you don't have, you might need a whole new liftgate, wires you might not have installed, and then you'd still have liability issues if something smurfed up. but that's pretty much always the case.
Good luck and if you want further help on it - keep us posted.
Personally I want to install Drivers memory seat on mine because that's one feature I didn't think we'd really need but I wish we had it.
I don't see it on there but I suspect there's another sensor involved. but more later.
what feature do you actually want - power liftgate, or power liftgate with the foot swipe, key fob open, and the button on the dash.
reason I say this. Ford's installation is for the full monty - at least on the 2016 model, don't know if foot swipe was on the 15 or earlier.
As such like Shelton says your control module has to know what to do with foot activation sensors - and the logic ford puts there for safety. It then has to know what to do with a key fob button, and have the reverse safety logic in play so if the liftgate were to hit something it wouldn't keep running etc etc.
to that end - Ford's implementation is major, safety oriented and honestly I think worth the price. for the most part.
BUT - if you wanted to just have a button to open the lift gate without anything else - you could wire up your own version. you'd still want the ford struts (would be cheapest, easist bolt in) - and you'd wire in a switch that connected AFTER you unlatched the gate. Bear in mind I'd keep your mechanical latched gate - simply because the rest of the system would require you to change out liftgates and you'd need some more of that safety logic that you would need to re-create.
but - you could rig a switch up, with a limit switch for full open, and another for full down - some relay logic (or you might could use a raspberry pi). it would take some planning to figure out your logic circuits but relatively easy - and you'd end up pulling the mechanical handle - then tripping the activation - back away (you might want to implement the beeping that the factory system uses) and then the upper limit switch would turn off the motor and lock it (assuming they have an internal lock feature).
But it would be doable a little bit easier than doing the full up factory install.
Otherwise as stated - you'd want the feature software activation for the BCM, you'd need the sensors you don't have, you might need a whole new liftgate, wires you might not have installed, and then you'd still have liability issues if something smurfed up. but that's pretty much always the case.
Good luck and if you want further help on it - keep us posted.
Personally I want to install Drivers memory seat on mine because that's one feature I didn't think we'd really need but I wish we had it.
