The rear liftgate will not open?

DIZZY1

MEMBER
2003 SUBARU FORESTER
120,000 MILES

The rear liftgate will not open, I suspect the cable from the handle to the latch. I can see the latch through the small access hole in the inside panel and have tried pushing it up and down. How do I get it to pop?

Monday, May 27th, 2013 AT 7:58 AM

1 Reply

DANNY L

MECHANIC
5,648 POSTS

Hello, I'm Danny.

Here is the information you requested. This is a tutorial showing how to test electrical wiring:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-wiring

I've attached a rear liftgate latch wiring diagram as well as how to remove the liftgate latch-actuator which you may be having a problem with. Hope this helps and thanks for using 2CarPros.

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