My tailgate is possessed. I need a priest.

cillik · Apr 19, 2021

well, i plugged it back in until i figure it out how to properly seal that connector
there are 3 connectors and 2 of them are single wire. I suspect that motion sensor is two wire part and one of these is positive and one negative
they are German connectors male part#42811300-PT and female part#2-1703498-1-PT if anyone knows where to get these here in US let me know

Blackssr · Apr 19, 2021

cillik said:

I couldn't care less what happens to the plug. Mine was so erratic it was going to cause damage to my garage or the tailgate or both. That entire feature is useless and I don't know anyone that really uses it you can just hit the button and call it a day.

Blackssr · Apr 19, 2021

cillik said:

That's a beautiful picture.... kudos... Thank you for posting it I'm sure it'll help others that want to disconnect that useless feature. I'm not sure who it was designed for but it doesn't belong on the ST.
I look like I'm having a seizure trying to get the thing to open in the Home Depot parking lot. Mine never worked and I jettison stuff that gives me grief.

cillik · Apr 19, 2021

Blackssr said:

That's a beautiful picture.... kudos... Thank you for posting it I'm sure it'll help others that want to disconnect that useless feature. I'm not sure who it was designed for but it doesn't belong on the ST.
I look like I'm having a seizure trying to get the thing to open in the Home Depot parking lot. Mine never worked and I jettisoned stuff that gives me grief.

Yeah it really sucks when mounting bike rack

dadsredrocket · Apr 19, 2021

cillik said:

Cillik-had a question. The first post that had a picture you circled the plug in red with that the part number ended in 200, yet the next post you had the plug part number ending in 300. In the second post you have a great picture of all three plugs. Can you circle which one to remove? And also the orientation of the picture? Meaning i was not sure where exactly the back of the car was. (Candidly it is late and i have not been outside tonight to feel around, thus sorry for the confusion. It might be obvious if i got off my lazy but and looked)

thanks, Steve

cillik · Apr 20, 2021

dadsredrocket said:

Cillik-had a question. The first post that had a picture you circled the plug in red with that the part number ended in 200, yet the next post you had the plug part number ending in 300. In the second post you have a great picture of all three plugs. Can you circle which one to remove? And also the orientation of the picture? Meaning i was not sure where exactly the back of the car was. (Candidly it is late and i have not been outside tonight to feel around, thus sorry for the confusion. It might be obvious if i got off my lazy but and looked)

thanks, Steve

I disconnected one to the right of the main connector. That one is towards the bumper

STeff’sEXPLODER · Apr 21, 2021

Blackssr said:

I I don’t know how to disable it traditionally, but......I have a Go Rhino bumper step in my trailer hitch. It sits out on the furthest bar… On my 20 ST, because of that step, the motions swipe feature does not activate. It also did not activate

on my 2018 Platinum when I had the GoRhino hitch step installed on that vehicle as well.

ST Dad · Jul 28, 2021

hbalek said:

I am having this issue as well and did not have the key fob anywhere on my person, took it to the dealer to have it checked out but haven't heard anything back yet. Hopefully they can get this issue resolved.

GBVx · Jul 28, 2021

About a week ago my tailgate decided to close without warning, with me under it.

Keiths2kgt · Jul 28, 2021

What about just locking the vehicle when you leave it in your garage? The tailgate motion sensor is disabled when the vehicle is locked.

KNTRDR · Jul 28, 2021

Keiths2kgt said:

Don’t think that’s the case. Not positive, but the whole point of the motion sensing tailgate is for you to be able to walk up with arms full of groceries and other such shit and open the tailgate without ever having to use your hands. The keyfob just needs to be in proximity for the car to let you unlock/open doors/etc so I would expect the tailgate to be the same way. Again…not totally sure, and I semi-permanently disabled mine so I can’t test it, but I suspect locked doors does not disable the motion detection.

Someone feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

p.s. I did do a writeup with pictures on how to semi-permanently disable the tailgate motion feature in a separate thread, for anyone interested.

Keiths2kgt · Jul 28, 2021

KNTRDR said:

I gotcha bro, the short coming seems to be the motion sensor doesn’t have the proximity technology for the grocery shopping scenarios. I bet it wasn’t included in the functional spec document during development. Just the doors that have locking mechanisms. For the tailgate to open with the motion, the vehicle is required to be unlocked.

I have only had mine about 3 weeks but haven’t experienced any phantom issues with the tailgate. I do keep my ST locked in my garage because of this thread though lol

Only issue I have ran into is a squeaky 2nd row driver’s side seat. Bout to fix that though…got it isolated, thanks forum search!!!
I’m at ~1300 miles and been hammering it since ~750 miles. Just checked the oil and it’s rock solid…what a ride!! Oil change this weekend woot!!

mitchellyST · Oct 19, 2021

hbalek said:

YES! This keeps happening to me on my 2021 ST. Randomly when I open the rear driver door the liftgate opens/closes (if already open). Its super frustrating and concerning. The shop foreman at my dealer has been in contact with Ford regarding this issue. You and I aren't the only ones either. Another customer was complaining about it too while I was there. I have several videos proving this happening from my security camera. The ST is going in this week for some other things and they will be troubleshooting some more. He says its nothing to do with the foot sensors.

WillHtx007 · Oct 27, 2021

Same problem here on the 2020 ST. The liftgate opens by itself when walking by a foot away from the back or when I press the lock button in the rear passenger door. Software has been updates twice and it still happens. Ford has no clue how the fix this yet.

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GTB1 · Dec 6, 2021

Muddydogs said:

this happened to me yesterday. Then it would go up and down randomly until I locked it and shut vehicle off. Eventually got stuck open and I had to force closed manually. I have a trailer hitch connector I’ll remove to see if that helps. see if that works.

While I was doing this I noticed the rear passenger side quarter panel was popped out. Probably unrelated but I pushed it back in. Really starting to worry about quality control.

hbalek · Dec 6, 2021

GTB1 said:

Welcome to the Worrier's Club! I just had my 2 year anniversary with the ST this past weekend. I still love it but long-term reliability and durability worry me!

F=MA · Dec 6, 2021

Mine will open while I am pressure washing the rear passenger quadrant. Maybe water sprayed below the exhaust and set it off. Happened three or four different times over several months. Maybe the water is too hard

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KNTRDR · Dec 8, 2021

Just not worth the hassle for hands free option. Never missed it once since I disabled it.

GTchick · Mar 16, 2023

hbalek said:

Yes, often. No rhyme or reason. Did you ever find a fix? Mine's at the dealer today to look again and do some recalls.

GTchick · Mar 16, 2023

Dave G ST said:

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but how do you just keep the fob in the vehicle? I try that and it won't let me lock the doors unless I have the other fob with me, which I usually don't.

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