Grand Cherokee electric liftgate hits ceiling

[EatonEggbeater]

Hi guys, some of you helped on my Honda wreck, thanks, the car was replaced by a GC yesterday.

A problem I'm about to have is when I open my liftgate, it'll open until it hits my garage door.

Ford, with their electric gate, has a built-in lift limit that can be set; it seems that Jeep doesn't.

Yes, I can catch the gate, put a bumper on the door, park outside, or back in...But some of you are Ford mechanics, and would have some better ideas.

I'd bet that Ford and Jeep are sourcing their actuators from the same place...

Could I find a Ford linear actuator and sub it in? Add a limit switch to the Jeep actuator somehow?

Thanks!

Mike

 

[black92]

Trade it in on an Explorer Sport...:rolling:

Just teasing. What year Jeep?

Edit: Did some research and it seems like there is no way to set it. Maybe you'll get lucky and find a shorter arm for the non-powered side that will limit the height when it opens?

 

[Tx5811]

Should've gotten an explorer sport. I can set the limit on mine

 

[Led_Zep]

Ours stops literally 1/2 an inch short of hitting.

 

[Gary101386]

we took one of those pool noodles, sliced it long ways, and put it on the garage door bracing where the lift gate door would contact...

 

[EatonEggbeater]

Trade it in on an Explorer Sport...:rolling:

Just teasing. What year Jeep?

Thanks, it's a 2015

Should've gotten an explorer sport. I can set the limit on mine

Guess how I know about the liftgate on Fords?!

Thanks for the comebacks.

Could put a chain on the actuator...(yah, pretty lowbrow)

I'm wondering how Ford does it, it would have to be an encoder in the actuator...

It might be so simple as replacing the Jeep device with a Ford actuator, they look to be similar.

I could come up with a variable timer and relay, plugged in series with the actuator.

(Or I could keep grabbing it when it's about to hit...)

 

[BlueSnake01]

Should've gotten an explorer sport. I can set the limit on mine

Interesting, how can you do that? Wife has a 16 Explorer XLT.

 

[Uncle Meat]

It's a Jeep! Just weld a length of chain from the lift gate to the inner bed of the Cherokee to limit lift gate travel. :-D

U.M.

 

[EatonEggbeater]

Interesting, how can you do that? Wife has a 16 Explorer XLT.

This is why I asked in here, my Sport allowed the adjustment.


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[black99lightnin]

so the Jeep doesn't work like the Ford? Should've got the Ford.

 

[Torch10th]

Yeah I've never found a way to do this on my 2014 GC. However I've never had an issue with it either. the lift gate doesn't open much higher than the roof of the vehicle and our garage is long enough that we don't have space issues with opening the lift gate with the vehicle in the garage (garage door opened or closed).

 

[oldmodman]

You guys are brutal.

Just sell the Jeep and get another when Hellcat.

 

[lobra97]

park in reverse/END

 

[derklug]

Yell at it in Italian.

 

[black92]

After thinking about it more, perfect excuse to lower the Jeep ;-)