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<p class="default-style">Hi Gang,</p>
<p class="default-style">Got a different question this time, not compressors. My neighbor has a 2018 Ford Escape with the power lift hatch. A couple of weeks ago she went someplace and had the load something in the back of her car. She told them, "Don't close the hatch, I will close it from in here!" Well guess what, they tried to close the hatch. After that her hatch has had all kind of problems, not opening correctly/completely, not closing correctly, etc. She tried to pull the fuse to "reset" the controller for the power hatch.</p>
<p class="default-style">I'm spent a lot of time doing internet searches for "how do they work", "troubleshooting power lift hatches", etc. to no avail.</p>
<p class="default-style">I'm wondering if anyone know what type technology they use for all these power lift hatches?</p>
<p class="default-style">I only way I can think of them working is with a linear actuactor. And I did find an excellent video on linear actuactors and controlling them. But a linear actuactor is basically a long screw and a nut. As the screw turns the nut moves either up or down.</p>
<p class="default-style">If they are using a linear actuactor that can't be manually over riden. And I'd assume that it would bend<br>either the hinges on the hatch or the actual hatch itself. And I can't believe that a manufacturer would build something like that into a car. Every one is used to pulling down on a hatch or a trunk. So it seems to me that having someone helping you load your car with anything is likely to try and manually close your hatch/trunk.</p>
<p class="default-style">So anyone know if these things are really linear actuactors or what they are? Untill my neighbor desides to replace hers, I don't have one to cut open and look inside. :)</p>
<p class="default-style">TIA,</p>
<p class="default-style">John</p>
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