2004 Freestar rear lift gate handle
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My friend you are either bored or Just have no clue if you keep repeating the same thing, we got it, you don't like it, just leave the forum and thank you. I'm pretty sure by now everybody has 2 or more email's to use and one of them is for spam and other things.
Nevertheless I got the schematics and fixed my problem.The mechanism was rusted and no longer moving, a lot of gear oil and grease got it working again.I was lucky, the actuator was still functional. Thank you for the help.
Nevertheless I got the schematics and fixed my problem.The mechanism was rusted and no longer moving, a lot of gear oil and grease got it working again.I was lucky, the actuator was still functional. Thank you for the help.
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2005 Freestar - Lift gate handle...Off AGAIN!!
This would be the second time this has happened to me, the first time it cost me almost $300.00 to get the handle put back on. This time the handle is sitting in my back seat pocket & the back hatch hasn't been open since. We looked and looked for a way to open the hatch, we even looked in the owners manual.....nothing! My passenger side turn signal went out and no way to fix it, because the hatch won't open....well, my son in-law found an emergency release on the inside of the van on the gate and now I have a way to open my hatch and I got my turn signal fixed! Why hasn't Ford put a recall out on these lift gate handles?
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2004 Freestar rear lift gate handle
Hayapower: I would also appreciate the information that you have regarding the correction for the liftgate handle issue. Thank you very much. Dan..
Last edited by ripken4ever; Nov 17, 2011 at 11:46 AM.
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2004 Freestar rear lift gate handle
The same happened to me!!!! Please help! Can someone please email me the directions to repair (i'm getting tired of crawling in the back of the car to open the liftgate). Thanks in advance! email to nj8mom@aol.com
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Dan,
To open the hatch from inside, pop open the 1" x 1" access hole towards the bottom of the door. When you look in there, you will see a white plastic lever. On mine, I just used a screwdriver to move that lever to the left and the door opened up.
Mike
To open the hatch from inside, pop open the 1" x 1" access hole towards the bottom of the door. When you look in there, you will see a white plastic lever. On mine, I just used a screwdriver to move that lever to the left and the door opened up.
Mike
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I got the handle in hand problem last night after loading a double size bed into the back. Is there any way to fix this problem from the outside, or at least get the door open from the outside, as there is no way to reach the back door from the inside.