Ok get ready for a wild ride....
My lift gate has been intermittent recently. Sometimes it will open sometimes not. Sometimes it will close, sometimes not. Sometimes it will open slightly and stop or close slightly and stop.... Now it's not working whatsoever and soon as I lock my car a few seconds later the alarm goes off and I get a message that the rear lift gate triggered the alarm.
At first I suspected a bad battery as the lights would randomly click on and off at times as if the key was unlocking the car, then I would get a message saying remote features have been disabled as the battery was low. I checked the battery and with the car off it was reading 11.4v. I just replaced it tonight, still no working lift gate and still getting the alarm.
Next, I disabled the lift gate in the vehicle settings, same thing with the alarm going off when I lock it. Then I disconnected the wire for the hands free foot sensor, same thing still, no lift gate with the button or key, and the alarm goes off after locking.
Next, I pulled the 30A fuse in the engine bay for the lift gate module, guess what... Same thing still. I then pulled the 5A fuse inside the cabin for the telematics/hands free lift gate as well, and then finally with both fuses pulled I can lock the car without the lift gate triggering the alarm; however, now I have no lift gate operation whatsoever, and also everything else on that 5A fuse is inop as well because apparently fuse 8 and 9 are the same circuit.
Just to test it, I put the 30A fuse for the lift gate module back in while leaving the 5A hands free fuse out just to see what would happen and immediately the lift gate goes back to triggering the alarm within seconds after locking the car.
So that's where I am at. I can only keep the alarm from going off if I completely disable the rear lift gate by having both the 30A module fuse, AND 5A hands free fuse pulled. What the hell is going on?
*Well update, after having both these fuses pulled, about 20 minutes later the alarm went off again; however, I did not get any Ford pass app message this time. So now back to square one? Even though with both fuses pulled it took longer for the alarm to go off now lol This makes absolutely zero sense.
**Second update. Re-locked it with both fuses out and the alarm has not gone off for a few hours now.
My lift gate has been intermittent recently. Sometimes it will open sometimes not. Sometimes it will close, sometimes not. Sometimes it will open slightly and stop or close slightly and stop.... Now it's not working whatsoever and soon as I lock my car a few seconds later the alarm goes off and I get a message that the rear lift gate triggered the alarm.
At first I suspected a bad battery as the lights would randomly click on and off at times as if the key was unlocking the car, then I would get a message saying remote features have been disabled as the battery was low. I checked the battery and with the car off it was reading 11.4v. I just replaced it tonight, still no working lift gate and still getting the alarm.
Next, I disabled the lift gate in the vehicle settings, same thing with the alarm going off when I lock it. Then I disconnected the wire for the hands free foot sensor, same thing still, no lift gate with the button or key, and the alarm goes off after locking.
Next, I pulled the 30A fuse in the engine bay for the lift gate module, guess what... Same thing still. I then pulled the 5A fuse inside the cabin for the telematics/hands free lift gate as well, and then finally with both fuses pulled I can lock the car without the lift gate triggering the alarm; however, now I have no lift gate operation whatsoever, and also everything else on that 5A fuse is inop as well because apparently fuse 8 and 9 are the same circuit.
Just to test it, I put the 30A fuse for the lift gate module back in while leaving the 5A hands free fuse out just to see what would happen and immediately the lift gate goes back to triggering the alarm within seconds after locking the car.
So that's where I am at. I can only keep the alarm from going off if I completely disable the rear lift gate by having both the 30A module fuse, AND 5A hands free fuse pulled. What the hell is going on?
*Well update, after having both these fuses pulled, about 20 minutes later the alarm went off again; however, I did not get any Ford pass app message this time. So now back to square one? Even though with both fuses pulled it took longer for the alarm to go off now lol This makes absolutely zero sense.
**Second update. Re-locked it with both fuses out and the alarm has not gone off for a few hours now.
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