Foot Activated Rear Hatch

[RonTCat]

Is anyone had any issues with rear hatch foot activation. I have a premium model. The foot activation just does not work. I have verified that it is turned on in setting. No matter where I wave my foot will not open. It will open with button and closes with the close button. Any ideas before I have to take back to dealer that is 90 miles away?

Instructions are in the manual... for best results, stand far enough away so the hatch doesn't hit you on the way up, right behing the license plate, then swing your leg directly at the car. Side to side doesn't work well.

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[RVAtom]

I'll chime in that I have had a pretty hard time with it. It seems to work better for my wife who has the actual fob, rather than me using phone as a key. For me with PAAK, it has worked maybe 10% of the time.

I will admit to having done a pretty dramatic foot wave back and forth, not a kick in and out as people have mentioned in this thread, so I will give that a shot. I will say I think my issue is PAAK just as much as anything. Sometimes I hit the button on the liftgate 5 or 6 times over the course of 15 seconds before it decides to open, at which point I imagine I could riverdance under that sensor and it still wouldn't work.

 

[murphy62]

Mine works about 85% of the time. Just a kick and pull back motion under the license plate. Not sure why it's not 100%. Nowadays I just skip the foot motion and just push the button unless my hands are full .

I have the fob with me at all times but also have PaaK set up on my phone (also with me at all times)

Do you have the fob and the phone in the same pocket? If you do they will interfere with each other.

 

[shadowsjc]

Do you have the fob and the phone in the same pocket? If you do they will interfere with each other.

Hmm not always but it's possible. I'll try and keep them on opposite sides from now on

 

[MailGuy]

FOB only for me. PaaK has completely stopped working. Ford App no longer shows Bluetooth connected, ever. It seems to be related to being the second configured PaaK device. PaaK works for my wife’s phone which was the first one configured.

Perhaps I should have a chat with the car and remind it it is mine ?.

 

[JSOrange97]

I've never been able to get it to work with PAAK. Works "most" of the time with the fob, per my wife.

 

[Mirak]

Sweeping the foot side to side doesn’t work nearly as well. Use a kicking motion toward the middle of the underside of the bumper and it will work.

Don’t do this....

Do do this....

 

[Ken Josing]

I have had my MME about 2 months. Been trying to get the tailgate to open but with no success except once. Seeing I am not alone, I just went out in the garage and started my dance. It took about 12 kicks before it opened. Tried left foot, then right foot. Both worked but not every time. I also kicked and moved right and left. Kick with the right worked, but not left, I am left-handed, also left footed. I repeated what worked but it did not continue to work. I went under car with the key fob and moved it all around and it worked. I continued to move it around and it closed.

So, we will probably continue to just push buttons. What I have learned is on the scene if you push “Access’ you will see an icon of the tailgate open in the lower left of the scene. I push that before I get out when I need to open the rear.

I just never knew how entertaining this MME could be.

 

[buffasnow]

I have had my MME about 2 months. Been trying to get the tailgate to open but with no success except once. Seeing I am not alone, I just went out in the garage and started my dance. It took about 12 kicks before it opened. Tried left foot, then right foot. Both worked but not every time. I also kicked and moved right and left. Kick with the right worked, but not left, I am left-handed, also left footed. I repeated what worked but it did not continue to work. I went under car with the key fob and moved it all around and it worked. I continued to move it around and it closed.

 

[Jimrpa]

This isn’t the Rocky Horror Picture Show folks. It’s literally just a kick. No step to the left, no jump to the right, etc... ?

 

[Maquis]

Mine works 100% of the time on the first kick.
1) I use the fob, not PAAK. You must have the fob on you (I think it says within 3 feet). It doesn't work with the fob sitting in the cup holder.
2) It works whether the car is unlocked or not.
3) I use a straight, swift kick - just pretend you're kicking your pony in the nuts!

 

[GJG-Mach-E]

So...I can open the rear hatch with the kick motion every time. But it NEVER opens when I try to use the interior button for the hatch in the Sync4 display. I'm searching the forum for this issue but haven't found a thread on it yet.

 

[mr_raider]

Lift gate question:

When my car is parked in the garage with garage door closed, the lift arc might hit the garage door when swinging.

I deactivated the foot motion feature just case the kids mess around in the garage.

Should I deactivate the automatic open too and set it to manual?

In theory if anyone messes around with my phone they could pop the liftgate while the car is parked.

 

[Scarpia]

Lift gate question:

When my car is parked in the garage with garage door closed, the lift arc might hit the garage door when swinging.

I deactivated the foot motion feature just case the kids mess around in the garage.

Should I deactivate the automatic open too and set it to manual?

In theory if anyone messes around with my phone they could pop the liftgate while the car is parked.

You can set/limit the height to which the lift gate opens. When the hatch is open, it's the button on the left. While it's opening, push that button and continue to hold it. It will then open only to that height every time in the future.

Refer to the manual for specifics.

 

[mr_raider]

You can set/limit the height to which the lift gate opens. When the hatch is open, it's the button on the left. While it's opening, push that button and continue to hold it. It will then open only to that height every time in the future.

Refer to the manual for specifics.

It's not the final height the issue. It's at the bottom of the arc where it swings a few inches beyond the rear plane of the bumper. I could park the car a bit further up front, but that would block access to the stairs our of the garage.

It's a very subtle issue, since my Volt had the hatch open straight up and never would have hit the door.

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