Disabling foot activated liftgate

lurch · Jan 29, 2020

Is there a way to disable the foot-activated liftgate without disabling to power lift feature entirely? My lift gate only foot activates when I am not trying to use it. For instance, if I install my bike rack it will be sure to slam me in the head while I install the locking pin but if I have my hands full and want to access the trunk the Expedition doesn't care.

Uturn · Jan 29, 2020

See post #13, it shows a picture and instructions.

https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/rear-hatch-operability.37909/page-2#post-328138

NukeLife · Jan 29, 2020

I guess I am lucky. Mine seems to work fine. I have actually found it quite useful.
You might want to consider replacing the antenna, or ensuring it is properly mounted?

aggiegrad05 · Jan 29, 2020

NukeLife said:
I guess I am lucky. Mine seems to work fine. I have actually found it quite useful.
You might want to consider replacing the antenna, or ensuring it is properly mounted?

Same. Once you figure out how it likes to be kicked, it's actually quite nice.

But there are enough complaints on here that I acknowledge I may have one of the few that works.

JimW · Apr 24, 2023

Mind will open with the doors lock when you walk behind the vehicle...but never when you try to use it.

NorthWestYuppie · Apr 24, 2023

Anybody else have liftgate open while washing the rear at the car wash. Fun times

mpc11 · Apr 25, 2023

It was atrocious in my 2018, but works pretty much as expected on our '21. There's a TSB that did help some w/ our '18 and is for 2019's as well: https://www.tsbsearch.com/Ford/19-2162

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