I feel ya, I used it from time to time as well when I had it on my 23.Just wow
Kind of a PITA digging in your pocket for the fob when seated, eh? Takes away a lot of the convenience of that power tailgate (used mine Saturday when backing up to a loading dock at the West Marine store, lots of other times, too).
Good Luck adding that button!
Here's a few pics I just snapped of the harness on the back of the headlight switch assembly. Let me know your thoughts and thanks for taking the dive on the diagrams!I looked up the headlamp switch wiring on the 150 and 250.
F150
F250
Pin 4 controls the tailgate open/close on the 250 but on the 150 it controls the fuel door for the hybrid.
Pin 12 on the 150 harness controls the cargo/dome lights.
I also looked up the tailgate wiring diagram, the wire color that connects to the physical open/close button on the tailgate is brown. That brown wire was the wire that was connected to the interior open/close button in years past.
So from the looks of it you cannot just replace the switch and turn something on in forscan to make this work.
The F-150 diagram is the only diagram that is listed for a gas/hybrid truck. Its possible that the gas only trucks have a different harness and contain the needed brown wire at the headlamp switch to make it work. Only way to be certain is the pull the switch and look at the wires in the pigtail.
How about comparing a wiring diagram for the 2025 Raptor, as mentioned previously in the thread? Maybe that could help? Raptor has the tailgate button on the light assembly, and this part SC3Z11654CA shows it works for 2025 F150.
According the the '25 owners manual the trucks with the Muiti Access tailgate should have tailgate switch gear just like those on the 250's. I'd be raising hell if I'd ordered a '25 in expectation of having this feature.Doesn't your 2025 Platinum come standard with the Bed Utility Package including power open / close tailgate?
Yet it has no push button in the cab to open / close the tailgate? You have to go to a touchscreen for that? (
I pulled up the diagram for the headlight switch using a Raptor vin number. It is the same diagram I got when using a regular 25 model as the input information. I am using Fords PTS system to look these diagrams up aswell.
That green/violet wire (pin 12) controls the rear cargo lights in the third brake light according to the diagram. I dont know why it says tailgate/decklid/cargo # lock on the switch diagram. It must be generic wording from Ford. It would be nice if someone with a 25 Raptor that has the button could pop the switch out so we could compare the wiring to your truck.
Any input is appreciated! Honestly, I don't know enough about these trucks and the way the signals work. I grew up doing alarms and car audio and it used to be pretty simple. These days I have no idea how signals are sent and received. I remember back in the day how Dodge locks, windows, door pins, for example worked off of resistance and tapping into a simple wire wasn't enough. You have to add an inline resistor to communicate the proper signal across a single wire. Perhaps others can give us some insight as to how it all works on the Fords. Good luck with your studies!
My 2025 Lariat has the tailgate release button next to the fuel door button but it does not work. Is it another option ?
