3/30/2024 0 Comments 2002 ford explorer limited editionThis trapped water caused rust of the latch attachment studs behind it. It won't hold long like this so I need to fix the attachment parts that rusted behind the glass and then the colored cover panel that is now badly cracked, the cracking of this very poorly designed and poor choice of material body part let water get behind it and hold there after it cracked like virtually all those on other Explorers. To avoid this battery issue from happening again, I rigged the lift gate latch with zip ties through the holes to temporarily hold the lift gate shut. This drained my battery in this summer's heat. However, the interior lights came on as a result. Then recently the lift gate latch keeper bolts/studs rusted to the point of failure behind the cracked panel and the glass lift gate released on its own. Eventually it cracked on its own just from opening the full tailgate. We purposely did not open the glass part of the lift gate to avoid cracking it. When the Explorer was bought used in 2015 the cracks that are common in the glass lift gate cover panel did not exist.
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