'Curly Q. Links' said something like:
> "Thomas G. Marshall" wrote:
>>
>> When the rear window opens and closes (above and independently from the
>> door
>> swing gate), it activates a switch that is built into the top left of the
>> rear door. Something on the bottom left of the window depresses this
>> switch
>> when the glass is closed, and when the glass is raised up (hinges at the
>> top) the switch is supposed to return.
>>
>> It is not, and if I tap it very quickly and hard, it'll sometimes come
>> back.
>>
>> It feels very much like a plastic-on-plastic friction going on in there,
>> but
>> am not sure if some part of the spring broke----although it does return,
>> and
>> I /think/ it's returning with the same vigor as before (once unstuck).
>> I've
>> sprayed everything I could see in there, and I'm actually surprised not
>> that
>> it didn't work, but that there was *zero* effect.
>>
>> Any ideas? How hard is this part of the door to disassemble?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> "Realtor" and "realty" are pronounced "reel'-tor" and
>> "reel'-tee", *not* "reel'-a-tor" and "reel'-i-tee" !!!!
>> If you pronounce them with the extra syllable, you will
>> sound like a complete idiot.
>
> -----------------------
>
> Good point about the Realtors. Some of them will have a NEW-CLEAR (as
> opposed to nuke-you'll-er) meltdown if they read it, but you're right.
> Makes them sound like idiots.
>
> Go sign in at hondasuv.com and 'search' for 'tailgate' and 'latch'. I
> think you mean to say that the release handle is also dragging, or not
> releasing after you squeeze it with your fist also, right? It happens
> most in climates where salt is used on the roads. I've had a few apart.
> Don't use white lithium or you'll be waiting for a warm day to go in
> there AGAIN, like I am. :-) You'll figure out how to contact me if you
> need more help.

Well, actually, the handle works if the plastic switch is all the way up.
It doesn't work at all if the lever is depressed (it "thinks" the window is
still closed.) I'm not describing this properly.

On the tailgate at the top left corner there is what looks like a (maybe) 2"
x 2" plastic housing (IIRC---I can't get outside right now). Within that
there is a maybe 1"x1" plastic lever that (when the rear window is open) is
up and flush with the rest of the 2x2 housing. When the window closes,
there is a piece of metal attached to the bottom corner of the window that
depresses the 1x1 plastic lever inwards.

1. When the lever (switch) is pressed in by the window, the tailgate is
locked and cannot open.

2. When the window is opened, the lever (switch) is supposed to snap up
towards you, enabling the tailgate to open up. This is not happening, and
the tailgate stays locked and un-openable.

3. If I tap hard on the plastic lever, I can dislodge it from whatever and
it snaps toward me again, allowing the tailgate to be opened.

Thanks,

PS: Thanks for the heads up about the Wh. Lithium grease. The most
important things to post online are your own mistakes!!!!!!!!! They are
invaluable to others!


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