You are correct.
Paws > Fingers! ??
That's true. You have more than I do. ?
Hi William, I didn't change the logo on the button. I like the fact it's an illuminated button and if I were to put a sticker over the top, it wouldn't be lit anymore. While I would like to have something other than "P" I'm ok with it, at least for now. ?
Mike, I've thought about several ways to change the look of that button but none would look OEM. My favorite idea was to eliminate the "P" all together and just have the two lines on either side but I can't even figure out how to do that without it looking weird. The best thing would be to do what we have all done prior and replace the MAX defrost switch on the headlamp control with an actual Liftgate switch. I probably will do that at some point but running a wire from the BCM to the Parking assist switch was so fast and easy. I'm getting lazy in my old age. ?
Mark....will just the liftgate switch work? I found this.The external momentary switch for the rear hatch I installed in my Premium worked great but for my GT I decided to go the route that Pat (i8iridium) went a few posts above. Beings the GT has a slightly different headlamp switch assembly (has a traction control switch), I had to make a slight modification.
I bought the Bronco headlamp switch assembly (M1PZ-11654-AA). I removed the headlamp switch assembly out of my car and took it and the Bronco switches both apart. I replaced the Max Defrost sub switch on mine with the Hatch opening/closing sub switch of the Bronco's. They just snap in and out of the main switch assembly. On the connector at the back of the switch assembly, I installed a wire into Pin 12 and ran that to the brown wire at the top connector of the BCM.
This switch will open and close the liftgate when the car is on or off as long as the doors are unlocked and it is in park.
No, that's the part that goes in the lift gate itself.
No, as Wes said, that is for the liftgate itself. Either purchase any type of momentary button you like and mount it where you want OR buy a used headlamp switch assembly that has a liftgate switch Part numbers are in this thread) and pull it from that used assembly and replace your Max defrost switch in your headlamp switch assembly OR use the Park assist switch.
Thanks for the excellent instructions. My buddy had an industrial grade micro switch that we used. Working great.I was at a friends this morning who also has a Mach-E and she said the one thing she misses is a simple power button to open and close the liftgate. She doesn't like having to turn the car to accessory and make three selections on the center screen. She just wants to push a button.
I thought it couldn't be that difficult to wire up a switch to do this and I was right. I took a look at the wiring diagram and found that both momentary switches in the liftgate do nothing more than short an incoming wire from the BCM to ground. The BCM is located at the front passenger footwell at the top. Extremely easy to access just remove the panel that hides it and you can get to the wiring. The wire that is needed to tap into is solid brown and located at the large top plug connection. I tapped into it and ran the wire to the center console where I installed a small momentary switch just below my subwoofer volume control. For the ground I used the black/blue wire going to the parking brake switch in the console. All the black/blue wires throughout the car are grounds. I had this momentary switch laying around but I am going to change it out with one that is much flatter.
I now have a working power button that will open and close the liftgate from inside the car without having your key fob, or phone. The car can be on or off but the doors have to be unlocked and in Park. It works just like the one in my 2014 Escape did. I could have mounted the switch is several easy to see locations but like to conceal my work (like I did the subwoofer volume control) so nothing looks "added on". Just drop your hand down in front of the console and they are both easy to use. Besides if I ever needed to remove it, all I'd have to do is put a little flat plug in the hole and no one would know any different.
It took me about an hour to do the entire thing but now that I did it, when I do hers, probably should only take 30 minutes. I took quick photos of where I tapped into the wiring and it was before I permanently attached and taped up the wires.
Edit: After getting my '21 GT when I did this mod, instead of adding a button on the console like I did on the Premium, I replaced the max defrost button on the headlamp switch with a liftgate button from a bronco found in this post #57
Edit again: After getting my '24 GT, I decided to use the useless Park Assit button to activate the liftgate in this post #276
