Phantom Liftgate

"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck) 10/03/2017 at 13:38 • Filed to: None

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My wife just found her Explorer sitting with the liftgate wide open. I figured she just pressed the key fob by accident. The weird thing was that another Explorer parked close by was also sitting with the liftgate open.

Not her car, but same make, model, and color.

Thankfully, nothing was missing from her car. There were boxes sitting in the back of the other Explorer, so she didn’t think they lost anything either. It probably wasn’t thieves, but it does make me wonder what the heck is going on.

victor > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/03/2017 at 13:47

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Like these, but electrical

TheRealBicycleBuck > victor 10/03/2017 at 14:01

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Must be the special Explorer subspecies. I wonder if the other Explorer was already infested and it passed them along to hers.

The better question is how to get rid of them. I know not to feed them after midnight or get them wet....

vicali > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/03/2017 at 14:02

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Our Subaru fob doesn’t work if there is a cart machine nearby; I think it’s an RF issue..

TheRealBicycleBuck > vicali 10/03/2017 at 14:05

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That’s interference and it doesn’t surprise me. I can’t figure what would cause the liftgates on two Explorers parked near each other to open spontaneously.

Urambo Tauro > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/03/2017 at 14:26

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Damn, I don’t think I like this feature anymore.

Dave the car guy , still here > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/03/2017 at 14:39

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We had our garage door randomly opening while having TV signal issues with Time Warner back 10 years ago. After the cable TV was fixed we never had the garage door open on its own again. We’ve now switched to U-verse.

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/03/2017 at 14:54

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Oh nose! The Ruskies are hacking our cars!!!

Although, I guess you couldn’t rule out hackers just yet.

merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc > victor 10/03/2017 at 16:24

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That’s not a gremlin though. Gizmo’s the shit yo.

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/04/2017 at 05:57

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does it have one of those ones where you wave your foot underneath and it opens?

TheRealBicycleBuck > pip bip - choose Corrour 10/04/2017 at 08:26

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No. It will open with the remote, a button on the dash, or the button under the handle.

pip bip - choose Corrour > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/04/2017 at 08:53

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well there goes my theory of a cat running under the bumper and accidentally activating it then.

MRFrankster > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/05/2017 at 15:10

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GM uses what is called a double shot relay to release their trunks and liftgates. When said relay fails, it results in the phantom liftgate. If Ford uses a similar system, and you can find the relay in the vehicle, you may be able to remedy your situation.

ByRutherford > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/13/2017 at 05:24

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May be what kept happening to my 2017. I would close on the lift gate and walk away but there is a proximity aspect to the lift gate. So, if you walk just far enough since the gate takes awhile to close, it just opens again. You’d really think they would just keep closing but it stops mid close, and opens.