I need the double honk. I just walked away from my car with it on and was grateful to have it. LOL
I installed the item below on my 23. It works as well as what was on my previous Escape. It is somewhat complex to install but I'm sure it would be easier than Ford's assembly.
I followed the procedure and everything seemed to work fine. I went back and stuck my foot under and the hatch opened. I tried to repeat it and haven't been able to get it to work a second time. Any thoughts?
An actual toe tap is what it used to take on my '21 model. Not just the 'wave'.
I'm wondering if there is a timeout and I was trying it to soon?? I did a bunch of errands shortly after posting and it's now worked every time.
It is a super fickle sensor. It works most of the time for me, but every once in a while it doesn't see my foot movement and I have to keep trying. The other thing for me is I use PAAK and if my phone hasn't connected to the car yet, it is just like standing at the door and pushing the button and not getting a response.
That makes sense. I ran some errands and it worked fairly reliably. I have a trailer hitch and worried about that interfering, but it actually helps align my foot in the right area.
No 2023+ models have the hardware for kick-to-open. All you have is the power liftgate.
Ohhhhhh
Basically, yes. And technically 2022 owners are in the same boat. I have the modules installed, but they aren’t enabled. So no kick to open for me. I could follow the directions at the top of this thread and enable it if I wanted. But the amount of time I need to get into the trunk on a regular basis hasn’t been all that often, and the number of times where kick to open would be useful is even more rare.
