Kick to open hatch?

[Lee H]

Do all 2023 MME Premium have kick to open the hatch? A very practical feature when your hands are full. Mine is turned on but has never worked. Am I missing something?

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[JohnnyForensic]

It was removed somewhere along the line—either halfway through the 22 year or for 23s. You don't have the hardware for it.

 

[Hammered]

I disabled mine as it was opening the rear hatch if my phone was within 25' of the vehicle and a small animal would walk underneath the rear of it. I found it open 6 times in not even 30 hours.

 

[generaltso]

Am I missing something?

Yes. You’re missing the kick to open hatch.

 

[RKinWA]

I disabled mine as it was opening the rear hatch if my phone was within 25' of the vehicle and a small animal would walk underneath the rear of it. I found it open 6 times in not even 30 hours.

Yeah on my 21 GT I had the feature and had the same issue, so I also disabled. I was happy to see it wasn't even an option on my 22

 

[dimaj]

@Lee H , you can buy the hardware from here: https://ev-vida.store/products/mustang-mach-e-handsfree-liftgate-module and install it yourself.
Here's the video on how to do it:

 

[QuiteContrary]

Do all 2023 MME Premium have kick to open the hatch? A very practical feature when your hands are full. Mine is turned on but has never worked. Am I missing something?

I have a 2022 MME Premium and kick-to-open was an included feature but mine never worked. I should have followed up with the dealer. I watched a friend open her Lexus hatch the other day with great envy.

 

[LivelyLime]

Subtracting the kick-to-open feature is one thing but I think Ford should have also change the sticker on the edge of the liftgate by the open/close button. The sticker still has a drawing of a guy kicking to open - which is misleading if you see it on a test drive and setting someone up for an early disappointment.

 

[generaltso]

Subtracting the kick-to-open feature is one thing but I think Ford should have also change the sticker on the edge of the liftgate by the open/close button. The sticker still has a drawing of a guy kicking to open - which is misleading if you see it on a test drive and setting someone up for an early disappointment.

Or maybe they should add an additional sticker that says “if equipped”.

 

[AKgrampy]

I have a 2022 MME Premium and kick-to-open was an included feature but mine never worked. I should have followed up with the dealer. I watched a friend open her Lexus hatch the other day with great envy.

My Mach was built in Jan of 22. It has the hardware for kick to open but Ford stopped programming Jan 1 and some time around Mar/April (I believe) stopped equipping cars with the hardware. I could program mine if I wanted to but not really that interested.

 

[Space_Pony]

I installed the hardware from EV VIDA and it sounds like it works better than Ford's.

 

[lanebk]

My Mach was built in Jan of 22. It has the hardware for kick to open but Ford stopped programming Jan 1 and some time around Mar/April (I believe) stopped equipping cars with the hardware. I could program mine if I wanted to but not really that interested.

My 22 premium was built lat Oct 22 and had the hardware. I enabled it with forscan. Works great.

 

[OrchidMania]

Is that the only way to program it? I have a Jan 2022 ( chip and then ship hold).
is it a option you click in forscan ie easy to reprogram ? Do any of fords updates override the kick to open sw

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