Lou K

No it does not. After “disabling” the lift gate fro the dash control, nothing has changed. The gate still tries to lurch open and leaves it ajar.

Oh my. How simple. When it stops raining here I will give it a go. Thanks!

I would be curious how to make the gate manual. How do you do that?

Sadly I believe so. I have downloaded all the information I confined and came to (my) conclusion form articles that the RGTM must be programmed. A new one would need to be programmed. Since I and probably you do not have the expensive equipment that Ford has a trip to your friendly or unfriendly Ford dealer would be necessary. Mine is somewhat intermittent, but mostly in a failed state where it will not unlatch and the lift motor tries to lift, but the gate is latched. Resultant, lift gate ajar. I checked with an independent mechanic I use for big things and he shook his head and said Ford is the only answer for this issue. If you do this or have any other solutions, please post. It helps us all. Good Luck Lou K

No I have not yet. When you replaced the RTGM, did you have it programmed? It will not function if not programmed.

More and more I suspect the Rear Gate trunk Module of somehow getting out of sync. I don't know yet but am pursuing the possibility. I am able to consistently create a sequence of operation (although not the correct one) where step two (the lift-gate motor) tries to open the hatch before the gate latch has been opened. After that, removing power from the car, shorting the positive terminal for about a minute, reconnecting the battery and then pressing the dash button for the lift-gate the gate unlatches and nothing further happens. At this point the hatch seems to be deaf, dumb, and blind. One can however lift it manually ( no button of any kind will move the hatch) and then close it manually wherein it latches solidly. Great fun, NOT!

We have a 2015 Edge. A recent and sudden lift gate problems. Push any button and the gate give a little lurch and clunk but does not lift. Dash shows gate ajar. Won't go up and won't rematch. Repeated button pushes results in a little lurch and clunk. Left it overnight and next day battery dead. I disconnected battery to give it a charge. Upon reconnecting the battery the gate fully unlatched but did not open. Unlatched I was able to open it manually. In this position, no button pushing, foot underneath, nor fob button would cause gate to lower. I lowered the gate manually and it sounds latched. Dash no longer shows gate ajar. Any thoughts as to problem and a solution? Much appreciated