Rear Hatch Opening

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Was there ever an answer to why the rear hatch opens on its own. Twice now in the last week my wife stops and put it in park and the rear hatch opens. 2019 limited
 

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hey our new to us 2012 Edge does this every now and then.
it has to be some loose electron somewhere. drives us nuts.
 

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Was there ever an answer to why the rear hatch opens on its own. Twice now in the last week my wife stops and put it in park and the rear hatch opens. 2019 limited
Yeah Thts a trip to the dealer so they can pull apart the hatch and check all the connections. This trip would be worth it because who knows when it will decide to open? Black Friday after spending 100s of dollhairs of presents?
 

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hey our new to us 2012 Edge does this every now and then.
it has to be some loose electron somewhere. drives us nuts.
This is a great example of why I don't expect to see widespread use of autonomous vehicles in my lifetime. Cant even keep the rear liftgate from opening itself! How they going to have a safe self driving car?
 

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mine just did it again this afternoon.
i was parked,
selected open hatch and left car running
hatch opened and i unloaded the stuff
pressed close button and hatch closed. then about the same time as my butt hit the the drivers seat, it reversed itself right after it closed
i had to take car out of drive to park to get it to close.
weird as heck
thinking maybe the sensor for striking an object may be acting up.
maybe it helps
 

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Was there ever an answer to why the rear hatch opens on its own. Twice now in the last week my wife stops and put it in park and the rear hatch opens. 2019 limited
I posted the original report of hatch opening on my 2018 Expedition XLT. It has been to dealer three times without being fixed. Dealer has filed a report with Ford Engineering. I suggest you get your dealer to also file a report with Ford Engineering so they will know this is a problem with more than one Expedition. Let me know if you come up with a fix. Not only aggravating, but dangerous since it has hit at least three people.
 

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Mine did this today.
I was getting gas, vehicle was not running, and the hatch opened. Went back to look at it and the hatched closed on its own. It did this twice within a few minutes. Opened and closed on its own.

2018 limited max
 

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I would pull the fuse for it and just open it manually... yes, I know, $70k vehicle should not have this issue. But instead of hitting ppl or cars at least with the fuse pulled you know it won’t open unless you open it
 

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