I might not be a mechanic but I have a suspicion the arm cylinder thing wasn't supposed to be filled with insulation like I found this morning
Did find the long lost arm though!
Trying to clean it all out now to see what happens but at least we know what caused it to burn out. The side...
Oh, what were you trying to do then?
What website did you use to find this? Ocala is a drivable distance for me.
For the newer ones, how do I know what year would fit this car? Are they all compatible up to a certain point?
I dont know how the junk yard thing works, like how do I even know if one has the car and or the part and how do you get it and look for it and all that.
To get to the lift gate motor you need to remove the fuel door on the outside of the car?
Is this the right part?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/374441940422?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&customid=link&campid=&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
Looks like a bunch of them on eBay for around the $200 mark...
Try listening to this video, you are going to need to turn the volume up a bit, I tried to be as quiet as possible to capture the sound
I went out and tested it as suggested. After the beeping if you listen closely you can hear a mechanical whirring noise coming out of the hole where the...
This part seems easy enough
Does anyone have a fuse diagram to show which one would control the liftgate? Not sure about a reset. Recently replaced the battery though so would that reset something?
How do I check the liftgate motor?
Liftgate lock back there works fine, it locks and unlocks...
Do these struts refer to the ones that help the hatchback go up and down or is this the power arm?
The part that broke is the one that would have been here in this picture:
That one locked up when all of this happened and I had to detach it. The motor wasn't moving or something else went...
Lift gate one day decided to sieze up and stop working. The only way I could get the thing closed was to take off the metal lift gate bar and close it manually. That bar happened to also fall into the wheel well when it unexpecidelty dropped.
The dealers wont even give me a figure unless I...
What's a chip key?
I remember I once called the local dealer about getting a key programmed and I was given some kind of line about them not being sure if they could program anything that was not bought by them specifically.
I put the word in quotes because cheap is relative, and these things are ridiculously expensive. We have a 2010 CX 9 that has the no key start thing that detects the fob and you just turn the key thingy. It's the kind with the lift gate button as well, except the lift gate is broken so I...
Okay well at least that's good then.
I have to go take it to the mechanic to see if he can fix this or if it's something I need to go to the dealer for. I wonder how much this will set me back..
Will the SUV be okay to function without the power arm attached? Can it work as just a manual up and down or did that help keep it on? I dont want the whole back to fall off when driving or anything. I can still open and close it by hand but it feels a little floppier than it did before.