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Posted on Oct 20, 2009

Problem The rear hatch door will not unlock.

Problem The rear hatch door will not unlock.

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First, on the rear hatch, there is an actuator. On FX, when you close the trunk, it kind of **** the hatch closed all the way. When you press lock on the remote, this same actuator locks it as well.
Now,
1) when you unlock the car from the inside, go back there and press the button to open the hatch door manually, do you here any noises?
2) Close all doors, go back close to the hatch button and using the remote , lock the car and then unlock the car. you should hear a sound from the actuator locking and unlocking the lock on the rear hatch!

If you don't hear this, your actuator is inop.
Next step would be to check the fuses inside the car, on the left bottom driver side, and outside on the battery compartment.
It might be just a fuse.
If all fuses check ok, your actuator is most likely gone! Not ea expensive fix, just time consuming!

NOW, if you can hear the noises, then something is either broken inside the actuator or one of the cables is loose!
Hope that helps.
Also, what year and miles on your fx?

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  • shaun shroyer
    shaun shroyer Aug 22, 2020

    All of what you said is not necessarily true. Because you have to have all the other doors unlocked before you can open up the back hatch. So if there's one door locked you will not hear the back hatch trying to lock or unlock. Even if you have to manually unlock it by hand it still has to be unlocked for the back hatch to open.

  • xcostellorx Nov 18, 2022

    it did not work . Screw Nissan

  • Jami Dodds
    Jami Dodds Dec 10, 2023

    All four doors need to be unlocked for the hatch to open from outside, if just one door is locked, hatch remains locked unless you climb back there and push the latch manually on interior side if hatchback door. Took me 2 years to catch on to the mysterious locking of my 04 fx35 hatchback ??

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2004 fx35 infinity, fixed problem by oiling the mechanism and greasing it no more problems except to return electric motor and switch I thought I needed

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  • Posted on Aug 30, 2009

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you have two relays on the interior fuse block one for locking and one for unlocking. Swap them and see if the problem is now such that they will not lock. If so you have your answer.

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  • Posted on May 27, 2009

SOURCE: handle on rear hatch door broke off.how can i open hatch door until i can get a new handle?

you don't. take it into a Hyndai Dealership and have the handle repaired/replaced. The rear hatch panel/cover has to be removed (from inside the vehicle) to access the hatch latch and open the door.. from that point the handle can be replaced/repaired.

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  • Posted on Mar 09, 2010

SOURCE: rear hatch 2005 chevy tahoe is locked & won't open

my 06 tahoe just got this problem...all other doors lock and unlock with the fab and door switch...but the hatch is in permanent locked mode. i cant even unlock the hatch window. why is this happening?

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I found this URL on internet http://www.chefseattle.com/blog/site-news/suburban-rear-liftgate-wont-unlock-how-to-fix/ It might fix your problem.

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