Lightoller

Wow, I'm glad I found this thread. Not that I am happy other people are having the same problem, but I guess I'm glad I'm not alone. This past Sunday (8/17) I encountered the exact same problem with my 2008 Edge. Sunday it was only a week and a day old, so I was pretty frustrated to encounter this sort of a problem so early on. Upon arriving at my destination I raised the gate which went up fine, but then when it went down it would go almost all the way down, but fail to latch and just come right back up. I tried this several times, making no progress I decided to just turn off the power lift gate and close it manually. Several hours later we came back to the car and headed up the street to McDonald's and I decided to try it again real quick since it was stressing me out. So I turned the Power Lift Gate Back On, and opened it up, it went up without a problem, and then I brought it back down, and VIOLA it latched and worked perfectly! It has worked fine ever since, and I've tried it at least once a day since then. The only thing I am noticing now is that it is chiming 3 times just as the liftgate fully opens, I don't remember it chiming upon opening before? Only prior to its closing. Does anyone else notice if their lift gate chimes just as it reaches the full open position? Oh and when this problem did occur it was in a parking garage, someone else mentioned this happen in their garage, however clearance was not an issue, so I don't know how that could have had an impact? Any thoughts, comments, or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Howdy, since this past Sunday I've been worried about my Power Liftgate and was hoping someone here would be able to put my mind at ease. As of Sunday I've had my Edge exactly 1 week and 1 day, so I get paranoid whenever something stange seems to start happening. What happened Sunday, was after travelling 50-60 miles I had parked and put the Power Liftgate up. Everything functioned fine with that, however when it went to go down, it would go almost all the way and then instead of latching, it would go all the way back up. I tried several times and it wouldn't close and latch. So I got frustrated and went back into the car and turned off the power liftgate and closed it manually. I then pressed the Lock button 2x (on my keyfob) but instead of getting the single confirmation beep, it beeped twice (telling me not everything was latched correctly, although it was). Anyway so a couple hours later when we returned to the car, I was still frustrated (Since the car was only 1 week old) and I decided to try it all over again, so I turned back on the Power liftgate, and up it went without problems.... AND Much to My Delight, it then went down and closed and latched perfectly, just as it should! So the problem seems to have gone away. I have tried it once every day since, and that problem has Not reoccured... BUT now (I promise, I'm finally getting to the main question, Sorry!) I noticed when I open the Power Liftgate when it gets fully opened it chimes 3x as if I was getting ready to close it. I know it is supposed to chime 3x prior to closing as a warning. But prior to this incident on Sunday I don't remember it chiming when I opened it??? So basically all I really wanted to know is, is this normal and I am just noticing it now because I am paranoid, and paying extra close attentio to it? Or is this actually a problem, and it shouldn't be chiming when opening? Any recommendations, feedback, or responses are greatly appreciated! I apologize for the length of this story/question. I am not good at just getting to the point (Apparently!) Anyway thank you very much for taking the time out to read this! Have a nice evening!!