Rear Hatch (Solved)

[Suprawill1]

Hey All,
My rear hatch stopped working. I can unlatch it but have to open manually. Thought maybe it might be a fuse but without the fuse in, I can't unlatch it so
I don't think that's the problem. Second thought is the hatch motor.
Has anyone else had this problem?
Thanks.

 

[Cdubya]

Try pulling the neg terminal of the battery to see if the module reboots. Maybe pull codes if any.

 

[Suprawill1]

Ok, this one's on me!
I thought I was disabling the sensor to open the hatch when you wave your foot below the rear bumper. Instead, I disabled the hatch itself.
All good now.

 

[KNTRDR]

Ok, this one's on me!
I thought I was disabling the sensor to open the hatch when you wave your foot below the rear bumper. Instead, I disabled the hatch itself.
All good now.

Fyi, to this day the only way I have found to disable the foot sensor is by unplugging the module under the bumper. There’s a brief writeup that I did a few years ago kicking around the forum because my tailgate kept shutting on my head.

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/...n-or-close-motion-feature-full-pictures.1938/

 

[Suprawill1]

Fyi, to this day the only way I have found to disable the foot sensor is by unplugging the module under the bumper. There’s a brief writeup that I did a few years ago kicking around the forum because my tailgate kept shutting on my head.

https://www.explorerst.org/threads/...n-or-close-motion-feature-full-pictures.1938/

Thanks for the heads up Adam! I've been hit on the head a couple times but hadn't had any unusual triggers from areas other than right behind the vehicle.
Also appreciate the humor in your writeup.