Somehow….I managed to do this and got the hatch open.Absolutely unbelievable that there isn’t an easier way to open manually.One would think that for safety there would be.Thanks for the video.
*Note you have to hook from Right and push it back to the left* Its Oct 2024 and thus video just helped me out👍🏾 I tried it with a regular flat screw driver and it wouldn't hook, I went and bought a pocket size one and BOOM it actually worked like a charm...it was dark and late so I had some trouble at first but this works
Great find. Just looked on my '21 Explorer and has same hatch and if I remember correctly my Escape had the same access. It never crossed my mind that that door needs power to open. Thanks for the tip.
Nice man had take seats out of my Impala once. Dang battery died because the jumpers were in the trunk I don't think it took any tools just had move all the car seats and kid stuff. Hey found stuff too
It infuriates me that the rear gate has no other means of operation other than the fob. Not even a dash button. No easy handle to reach or button in the trunk, not even a hidden latch like the previous gen. This is ridiculous to fiddle with a flat head. Has anyone been able to mod this with a pull chord or some other manual operation?
I know this is an old video ….. but I’m trying to get open a 2017 ford escape and the holes don’t look the same to put the screw driver in ? Any help would be AWESOME ! 😁 I have looked everywhere for a video of this car but none . Even a schematic of the lock system so I could have an idea of what I’m supposed to be doing with the screwdriver ? Thanks for my help !
think my next truck is going back to an 88 gmc. it was bought new in the fall of 87 and i drove it up until 3 1/2 years ago. general maintenance only, and the thing is still being driven around. i do see it on occasion.
My 01 cherokee locked us out like this. I had to break the back hatch panel, and buy a used one at a junk yard. Took 3 months( at the time) to find a new latch mechanism. What a pain in the neck.
Yes if you go back there you'll see that there's things that you can pull away or little squares or something there's something back there that you can remove or you got to take the cover off the handle and then get the screws out from behind it and then pull the plastic away you might break it but there's a way to get in there
trolls naysayers and sh*t talkers?...i just don't get it neither can i conceive it nor comprehend it. what's it worth to have a guy like this on the inside with his previous diesel and heavy equipment experience tinkerin around with these little cars passing on the current updated intel and bulletins for us....i for 1 am grateful.....thanks dude kutgw.
I mean these people are stupid to come here and try to start problems they don't realize how much of a positive hats that they have by me being allowed to be inside doing this and passing this information to them and they still try to cause me grief
Reminds me of the Corvette that the man died in because the battery disconnected and he couldn’t figure out how to get out of it. Had is doggy too if I remember right.
You're going to have to look back in there I mean I've had even ladies on this channel leave me messages saying they were able to figure it out and they don't even do anything mechanically handy get a light look back in there and push the lever towards the back of a vehicle not up or down push it back like you're pushing the trunk away from you there's a little spot back in there
It's okay. He's a mechanic and he still had trouble. Notice how he cut the video. Lmao. It's more about using the right tool. Not many people have the right flat head.
I appreciate the video but I have unfortunately not been successful. Dealer wants to charge $780 to fix it because my latch is seized in the closed position. They say they will have to break it off to replace it. 🤦🏽♀️😣 Any suggestions??
How in the hell would you do this in the dark and the summer heat ? I thought the government made it law that you have easy access to the trunk latch so a child can get out. Nobody will have a small screw driver in there on there person.
You could always just use the doors to escape. Reminds me of the time I was trapped in my Mustang convertible and couldn't get out. I was afraid because a storm was approaching, and I had the top down.
That should have some kind of deal where you can pull down the back seats underneath the front of the seats there's two tabs that release and at the top two corners there's two released tab to pull the seats down and then there is a quick release in the trunk
only works if the window hasn't been shattered and the glass company cleans out the glass.........otherwise all that glass finds its way into the latch mechanism and becomes jammed like a mfer. 3 times so far, 4 hrs of blowing air and trying to break the glass into smaller peices to get them out of latch mechanism so it would open, then clean out all the glass they left behind and replace latch. find a reputable glass company folks.
Have another question for my 2017 Transit connect I’ve previously sent you an email with vin…my ac blower motor has stopped working…had a shop look at it…and it’s the motor…do you have the procedure how to remove and replace the motor…thanks Dan
What year was the transit and was it a connector was it a full size I don't have the information in front of me right now I don't have my laptop with the TH-cam email on me
If it's a full-size Transit you just remove the access panel underneath the dash and then you pull the footwell vent out of the way which is a couple quick release tabs and then you unplug the electrical connector and then there's like three Torx screws that come out in the blower drops out
Unfortunately on my Edge there is nothing like that.. in all picture looks like that, but the bottom of that piece is all whole no tiny slots??? Same 6screw, , on the left there is the same 1/2 " hole and that's all... ???
I wouldn't recommend joking about breaking glass. Too many problems arise when replacing hinges or the tailgate, and saving the old glass without it breaking. Just look at it wrong and it can break, then the angry customer is assigning blame and waiting on more than just a hinge, now waiting on a replacement glass to get delivered. ⚠️💔🤦🏻♂️💩 Just had a broken 2008 Explorer rear glass hinge. the glass was still good hanging on 1 hinge and duct tape by the customer, but it shattered after replacing that hinge, just takes 1 tiny stress point to cause tempered glass too shatter, it can happen after the repair is competed with nobody around, still shatters. 💔😥🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️💩🤬
Bad and dangerous design Ford. I had a bunch of equipment in the back on my Ford Edge, and the battery died, the jumper cables are under the panel with the spare tire, so I couldn't even jump the damn thing or even do what's shown in this video.
Thanks Rich! You saved my butt 3 years later
Beautiful
Somehow….I managed to do this and got the hatch open.Absolutely unbelievable that there isn’t an easier way to open manually.One would think that for safety there would be.Thanks for the video.
I think it's due to security. If owners can open it from the outside, so could car thieves.
*Note you have to hook from Right and push it back to the left* Its Oct 2024 and thus video just helped me out👍🏾 I tried it with a regular flat screw driver and it wouldn't hook, I went and bought a pocket size one and BOOM it actually worked like a charm...it was dark and late so I had some trouble at first but this works
Good job, you got it working!
Better than other designs that require breaking the mechanism. But not as easy as the kidnapping pull handle.
Thanks so much for this vid. After the rear windshield broke a piece of glass jammed the latch. You saved the day
You are The Boss!!! Super grateful for posting your knowledge and expertise.
All the best to you.
You saved my day , same technique worked on a 2024 Ford explorer I had to deliver today after putting it all together ,THANK YOU
Great find. Just looked on my '21 Explorer and has same hatch and if I remember correctly my Escape had the same access. It never crossed my mind that that door needs power to open.
Thanks for the tip.
I think my escape has the same mechanism, thank god I've never had to use it
It worked instantly, I have a 2015 Ford Edge Titanium. Thank you so much for posting this video, it was so helpful.
You are very welcome
I have the same vehicle. It was a little struggle but it worked.
Thanks. Extremely grateful 🙏 I had a moment of extreme anxiety.
Cause? - trapped cable strap. You're video save the day & an expensive visit to Ford ❤
Beautiful
Awesome video!
Saved my life! I was about to take it to the shop lol
Thank you very much!
Very well explained!
Nice man had take seats out of my Impala once. Dang battery died because the jumpers were in the trunk I don't think it took any tools just had move all the car seats and kid stuff. Hey found stuff too
It infuriates me that the rear gate has no other means of operation other than the fob. Not even a dash button. No easy handle to reach or button in the trunk, not even a hidden latch like the previous gen. This is ridiculous to fiddle with a flat head. Has anyone been able to mod this with a pull chord or some other manual operation?
My 2016 Edge has a liftg gate button on the dash (lower left of steering wheel).
@@MrKalrich you can send same pictures?
Much easier to unlock the hatchback than this video makes it look... thank you!
Thanks Ford Boss ,mine taigate just open tough at walmart getting stuff will doe this and go from there 2015 edge .First page I went to.
Got it all fixed lock actuator motor,picked one up from the dealer parts,just up the road a few Mike's all good.
Thank you! Worked perfectly
Thanks for the video! Very Detailed.
Thank you. This was very helpful!
Thanks. This was super helpful!!!
I know this is an old video ….. but I’m trying to get open a 2017 ford escape and the holes don’t look the same to put the screw driver in ? Any help would be AWESOME ! 😁 I have looked everywhere for a video of this car but none . Even a schematic of the lock system so I could have an idea of what I’m supposed to be doing with the screwdriver ? Thanks for my help !
think my next truck is going back to an 88 gmc. it was bought new in the fall of 87 and i drove it up until 3 1/2 years ago. general maintenance only, and the thing is still being driven around. i do see it on occasion.
Thanks. Looked at a lot of posts before i saw yours...right on...
Great info
Great video. Thank you for sharing!
Yvw
Out of curiosity which way are you pulling left right forward backward
Thanks and I like Grand Funk background music
My 01 cherokee locked us out like this.
I had to break the back hatch panel, and buy a used one at a junk yard. Took 3 months( at the time) to find a new latch mechanism. What a pain in the neck.
좋아요 자도 동일차량인데 갑자기 안열려서 영상 참고했습니가. 감사합니다
Thank you sir
Will this work with a Phillips head screwdriver as well?
I'd be the guy who gets his hand stuck in that hole 😂
I'd call the lockpicking Lawyer.
Do you know if the ford escape has the same fix ?? My hatch wont open with any buttons the handle the key fob or release button from the inside.
Yes if you go back there you'll see that there's things that you can pull away or little squares or something there's something back there that you can remove or you got to take the cover off the handle and then get the screws out from behind it and then pull the plastic away you might break it but there's a way to get in there
Hmmm..my 2011 HHR has a hidden manuel release lever you slide with your index ☝️finger in the rear hatch door...
trolls naysayers and sh*t talkers?...i just don't get it neither can i conceive it nor comprehend it. what's it worth to have a guy like this on the inside with his previous diesel and heavy equipment experience tinkerin around with these little cars passing on the current updated intel and bulletins for us....i for 1 am grateful.....thanks dude kutgw.
I mean these people are stupid to come here and try to start problems they don't realize how much of a positive hats that they have by me being allowed to be inside doing this and passing this information to them and they still try to cause me grief
@@FordBossMe i know man....i know.
Reminds me of the Corvette that the man died in because the battery disconnected and he couldn’t figure out how to get out of it. Had is doggy too if I remember right.
To the point and very helpful. Thanks!
Only video that i found useful if trunk is closed.
Great video. So by doing this, will the door be able to open with the remote or will i have to continue doing this ?
You'll have to keep doing this until you fix the latch assembly which I have another video and all that you got to look in the library
Awesome
Can't figure out what you're doing? Moving the screwdriver blade back and forth or up and down or in and out?
You're going to have to look back in there I mean I've had even ladies on this channel leave me messages saying they were able to figure it out and they don't even do anything mechanically handy get a light look back in there and push the lever towards the back of a vehicle not up or down push it back like you're pushing the trunk away from you there's a little spot back in there
It's okay. He's a mechanic and he still had trouble. Notice how he cut the video. Lmao.
It's more about using the right tool. Not many people have the right flat head.
So you have to do this every time?
Yes
My 2001/2002 ZX3s open with a key no power needed.
Does this work for the explorer same year
I think it does but I'm not completely sure
@@FordBossMe thanks again
I appreciate the video but I have unfortunately not been successful. Dealer wants to charge $780 to fix it because my latch is seized in the closed position. They say they will have to break it off to replace it. 🤦🏽♀️😣 Any suggestions??
Maybe try to get in there and open it yourself, and use some wd40 and grease that latch up
@@FordBossMe Yes, I am actually headed out to Autozone to get some and try just that. Wish me luck! Thanks 🙏🏾
@@leigh82401 where u ever able to get it open ive tried everything
What is the cause of this and how do you fix it?
Replace the rear trunk latch
@@FordBossMe I did that and it works great now, thank you!
How in the hell would you do this in the dark and the summer heat ?
I thought the government made it law that you have easy access to the trunk latch so a child can get out.
Nobody will have a small screw driver in there on there person.
You could always just use the doors to escape. Reminds me of the time I was trapped in my Mustang convertible and couldn't get out. I was afraid because a storm was approaching, and I had the top down.
What if it still wont open?
Good luck idk push hard
My 1991 Crapmaro's rear window hatch wouldn't even close and latch without power!
K.I.S.S.
what about my 2010 mustang
That should have some kind of deal where you can pull down the back seats underneath the front of the seats there's two tabs that release and at the top two corners there's two released tab to pull the seats down and then there is a quick release in the trunk
@@FordBossMe its a convertible
only works if the window hasn't been shattered and the glass company cleans out the glass.........otherwise all that glass finds its way into the latch mechanism and becomes jammed like a mfer. 3 times so far, 4 hrs of blowing air and trying to break the glass into smaller peices to get them out of latch mechanism so it would open, then clean out all the glass they left behind and replace latch.
find a reputable glass company folks.
That's exactly what I'm dealing with 🤬 how were you able to get it open?
@@lyndseydeevy3522 just takes time to get the glass out of the latch, the only other way was to cut the body hoop.
Ford used to tout their 'better ideas' if I remember right...
Have another question for my 2017 Transit connect I’ve previously sent you an email with vin…my ac blower motor has stopped working…had a shop look at it…and it’s the motor…do you have the procedure how to remove and replace the motor…thanks Dan
What year was the transit and was it a connector was it a full size I don't have the information in front of me right now I don't have my laptop with the TH-cam email on me
If it's a full-size Transit you just remove the access panel underneath the dash and then you pull the footwell vent out of the way which is a couple quick release tabs and then you unplug the electrical connector and then there's like three Torx screws that come out in the blower drops out
If it's the little Transit Connect that is a pain in the ass job
@@FordBossMe yep transit connect 2017
Unfortunately on my Edge there is nothing like that.. in all picture looks like that, but the bottom of that piece is all whole no tiny slots??? Same 6screw, , on the left there is the same 1/2 " hole and that's all... ???
If there's a tiny slot that's where you need to be
In case of emergency break glass lol
I wouldn't recommend joking about breaking glass. Too many problems arise when replacing hinges or the tailgate, and saving the old glass without it breaking. Just look at it wrong and it can break, then the angry customer is assigning blame and waiting on more than just a hinge, now waiting on a replacement glass to get delivered. ⚠️💔🤦🏻♂️💩
Just had a broken 2008 Explorer rear glass hinge. the glass was still good hanging on 1 hinge and duct tape by the customer, but it shattered after replacing that hinge, just takes 1 tiny stress point to cause tempered glass too shatter, it can happen after the repair is competed with nobody around, still shatters. 💔😥🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️💩🤬
Quality of video is so poor hard to see what is going on
It's hard for me to film this while I'm doing this so if you're going to complain Karen Karen Karen don't watch the video move on about yourself
Bad and dangerous design Ford. I had a bunch of equipment in the back on my Ford Edge, and the battery died, the jumper cables are under the panel with the spare tire, so I couldn't even jump the damn thing or even do what's shown in this video.
Wassup
holy cow dude, focus much....
Typical Fkd Over Rebuild Dodge... My 2018 has no such latch... Ridiculous...