lift gate

So I recently purchased a 2016 Ford Explorer Sport. Everything I’m reading says that I should have the kick activated rear hatch but I can’t for the life of me get it to work. I’ve looked underneath the rear bumper and I don’t see anything? (Don’t quite know what I’m looking for anyways). I have...

Hey everyone, I'm currently stuck with a problem that was completely my own doing; I managed to get the liftgate stuck closed on our 2005 XLT. I was repairing the linkage for the liftgate glass and like an idiot I forgot to reconnect the metal rod (the one with the yellow plastic fittings on...

*****EDIT***** contacted the Ford dealership, the below issue is a factory recall. Today (June 1, 2020) I got an alert from my Ford app stating the “My Car's security system has detected lift gate opened and triggered the alarm at 01:41PM 01 Jun 2020 EST” I walked out to my apartment parking...

I have tried to set the power liftgate to open to 100% open and it stops about 12" from opening fully. No matter how many times I try to set the height of the door it never works. It will allow the door to be set at a lower height. The dealership mentioned that Ford may have designed the door to...

Hi all, I have a 2016 Explorer and a few weeks ago our gate started acting up. Every time any method is used to open the gate (keyfob, door button, dash button or the kicking motion thing), it opens faster than it used to and only about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way. Pushing anything again will...

Hello I'm an owner of a 2016 Ford Explorer xlt . My power Lift Gate keeps opening on it's own when my vehicle is in park or reverse . When this has happened I haven't opened it at all for any reason that day. It's scary to turn around to back out and it's open when you just walked past and it...

This is crazy. Just purchased a 2014 Explorer XLT pretty much loaded. Had dealership activate remote start for us as part of deal, and of course order new keys. First set of keys were 4 button with remote start, but they forgot about our power liftgate on the original remotes, so they ordered 5...

Good Afternoon I have a 2002 Explorer that the life gate glass broke on me a few months ago. As most of you know that have had this problem it is an expensive piece of glass. I have contacted the local dealer and they tell me that there are different part numbers for the glass because of serial...

Hi Guys! I backed into my garage with my trunk open and the impact was all on back right side and that bent the hinge. The trunk wouldn't fully open or close. I ordered a hinge and expected this to be an easy fix. I finally got the two bolts off that connect to the lift gate open to the...

I have a 2012 Explorer and my power liftgate does not raise entirely. I noticed this about 2 weeks ago. This weekend its raise has decreased even more. I can manually raise it the rest of the way and it shuts completely manually and when powered. I am thinking it's the hydraulic arms...

The lift gate handle stopped working on my 2002 Sport and I removed the interior panel and found that the yellow plastic clip that connects the handle to the actuator rod broke. Of course, you can't replace the clip, the whole handle needs to go. The problem is that the handle is riveted to the...

Has anyone else noticed that their lift gate is not well fitted to the rear quarter panels when closed? Mine has a large gap on one side, and virtually no gap on the other. And the gate seems to pushed in further than the metal on the on the quarter panels. I have a buddy who has the same...

Okay so for about a few months now my lift gate hatch has been broken, when I pulled on the latch it had no tension in it, so I went inside my truck and removed the plastic cover. NOTE: I did this by removing the two screws under the leather handle inside the trunk and carefully (still broke a...

Where to begin... I was rear ended two years ago, and my Explorer spent 3 weeks at the Collision Center. When I finally got it back, I noticed it sounded like a door was open when I was driving. A few months later, I was going through a high pressure car wash, and realized water was leaking...

Hey I'm new on here and I'm trying out how to remove and replace the handle on the rear lift gate. The handle only works when I turn it to the left and then it only opens the window. When I try to turn it to the right the left side of the handle comes out about an inch or two and won't fully...