dblanton Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 HI, I'm new to this forum but I'm glad I found it, hope someone can help with this. Does anyone know to remove the LH QTR Panel interior trim panel? My Edge has the power lift gate and I can't see how to remove the trim panel from around the powered strut that opens the lift gate, it's the larger strut that has the plastic cover on it, not the two smaller ones on each side. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. BTW this is my first post so please forgive me if I posted incorrectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted January 4, 2018 Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Are you replacing the power liftgate motor? You just have to remove the access panel not the entire trim panel to do so. To remove that trim panel, you have to remove the power liftgate motor anyway, LOL. The rest of the steps are kinda shown in this video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblanton Posted January 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2018 Thank you for your reply. Yes I am (will be ) working on the power lift gate module/ motor, but I can't seem to find a way to remove the rubber boot and plastic trim from around the bottom of the powered piston that pushes the lift gate open or pulls it down, on the QTR panel trim to gain access to the module and motor. Again thanks for your reply. Any further advice would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 I am sure the access cover pries off with one of those crowfoot or plastic panel pry bar tools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dblanton Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 SOLVED! My original issue was with the powered lift gate not opening or closing when using either the key fob, release button on the dash, the release button under the handle of the lift gate or the close button inside the cargo area. When using any of these buttons the lift gate would start to open or close (depending on the position of the lift gate) but then would reverse it's self. This has been an on going issue for over a year. After learning how to remove the powered piston trim cover from the QTR panel trim from replies to my original post, I was able to access the power plug to the powered lift gate piston. I disconnected the piston from the lift gate and tested by pressing the lift gate close button inside the cargo area, the powered piston activated and as it was closing the piston seemed to bind a little and reversed it's self. Several more activations of the powered piston reproduced the same results, acting like the piston rod it's self was binding. I removed the powered piston from the vehicle, removed the plastic tubs that cover the piston rod, etc, cleaned the rod with alcohol, oiled the piston rod and applied oil at the point where the rod retracts into the cylinder, reconnected the power plug to the unit and tested again, this time it worked perfectly, tested with all the available opening and closing buttons and each test worked perfectly. Reinstalled all the plastic tubes, reconnected the powered piston to the vehicle and has been working perfectly since. Seems that if the piston rod binds just a little when opening or closing the lift gate will cause it to reverse the travel of the piston. Hope this info will help someone with a similar issues with the lift gate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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