Installed Power Locks on Tailgate of 2025 Maverick XL

[urwatuis]

are you talking about installing a power lock for your tailgate? Check out this guy's YouTube video. You may find it interesting.

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[uga]

That is NOT for a 2025 but will work on a 2022 - 2024

 

[Kofad]

Interesting, I might attempt this! How much was the actuator?

 

[Mav248]

Interesting, I might attempt this! How much was the actuator?

I paid $35 for the actuator assembly but it is no longer available on Amazon (link below). I’m sure there are plenty of other places to buy from.

https://a.co/d/fTTV8za

 

[Surly Old Bill]

Great job, thanks for sharing.
This will be on my "I'm bored, let's do some wrenchin' " list.
I personally don't need a remote lock/unlock for the tailgate, but it would be nice. I have a hard tonneau cover, and I put some tools and stuff in there sometimes. Just having it lock with the remote would save me a valuable 5-10 seconds from having to go back there and manually lock it.

 

[Mavelous2023]

McGyver!

 

[Kofad]

Man, I'm absolutely trying this. Thank you for doing all the work! If I understand correctly, the actuator only requires those two wires?

And any tips on fishing the cables all the way down to the gate?

[Edit] I can find the actuator, but I'm having a surprisingly hard time finding the crimp pins.

 

[elmeng]

I tired of how the locks work altogether. When I come home and turn off the engine my wife gets out the passenger door and the next thing she does is knock on the backdoor window to get her newly purchased items off the back seats because the door is locked. What a hassle. Surely there must be a work around other than manually having to unlock the doors. This not user friendly.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

I tired of how the locks work altogether. When I come home and turn off the engine my wife gets out the passenger door and the next thing she does is knock on the backdoor window to get her newly purchased items off the back seats because the door is locked. What a hassle. Surely there must be a work around other than manually having to unlock the doors. This not user friendly.

"elmeng"
Leslie,
Do you have the Auto Unlock turned on??

 

[elmeng]

No I don't, Thanks so much. I've gone to setting before but must have overlooked it. When you look at the setting Autounlock it's easy to miss the un in the Autounlock.

 

[rpt51]

It drives me nuts that people don't read the Thread subject matter and completely change the subject. This is about a 2025 tailgate locking conversion.

 

[Glen Baker LLC]

No I don't, Thanks so much. I've gone to setting before but must have overlooked it. When you look at the setting Autounlock it's easy to miss the un in the Autounlock.

I'm glad I could help.

 

[maccobra]

First post ever. Please be kind.

Proceed at your own risk. Don't want to be responsible for anything.

I’ll try to be quick. Through a combination of watching videos on how to add sound deadening materials (shows you how to take off the door trim), looking at ebay door wiring harness parts for colors of the actuator wire, and lots of elbow grease, I have managed to get the power locks installed on the tailgate of my 2025 Maverick XL Hybrid.


I don't know if a solution has been posted. For the past week, I have not found anything.


I don’t know the order of how each picture will show up in the feed. I used the passenger rear door since I wanted a door with as few wires as possible.




***** See Post #8 for updated instructions *****

***** The instructions immediately below include the work performed to identify the necessary wires *****




1. Remove the door trim. Watch a video on how to install sound deadening to see how the door trim is removed. The only additional advice is that there is a screw behind the tiny reflector (about 8:30pm, if you think of the door as a clock). See attached picture with highlights.


2. Mark the two wires on the inside wiring harness. White/Brown and Green/Brown. The wires are exactly 3pm and 9pm.

I actually unplugged the wire going to the latch assembly and performed a continuity test to verify the two wires.

3. Take off some interior trim to route the wire to the back door lock actuator. Not shown but I used inline wago connectors and plenty of electrical tape.

Also, took some pictures of the power window cover to show you the contact points and where to use the trim tool / screwdriver.



Enjoy !!

Just buy the XLT wiring harness and actuator. Super easy.

 

[Mightybeast]

First post ever. Please be kind.

Proceed at your own risk. Don't want to be responsible for anything.

I’ll try to be quick. Through a combination of watching videos on how to add sound deadening materials (shows you how to take off the door trim), looking at ebay door wiring harness parts for colors of the actuator wire, and lots of elbow grease, I have managed to get the power locks installed on the tailgate of my 2025 Maverick XL Hybrid.


I don't know if a solution has been posted. For the past week, I have not found anything.


I don’t know the order of how each picture will show up in the feed. I used the passenger rear door since I wanted a door with as few wires as possible.




***** See Post #8 for updated instructions *****

***** The instructions immediately below include the work performed to identify the necessary wires *****




1. Remove the door trim. Watch a video on how to install sound deadening to see how the door trim is removed. The only additional advice is that there is a screw behind the tiny reflector (about 8:30pm, if you think of the door as a clock). See attached picture with highlights.


2. Mark the two wires on the inside wiring harness. White/Brown and Green/Brown. The wires are exactly 3pm and 9pm.

I actually unplugged the wire going to the latch assembly and performed a continuity test to verify the two wires.

3. Take off some interior trim to route the wire to the back door lock actuator. Not shown but I used inline wago connectors and plenty of electrical tape.

Also, took some pictures of the power window cover to show you the contact points and where to use the trim tool / screwdriver.



Enjoy !!

Thank you for the post.
A few question about your research. Do you think it will make sense or easier to run wires to the lock via left. passenger side? What size of the wire you used? and what path you used to get wires to the back gate aka followed some wires or just randomly fished out through hallow part of the frame? Thank you.

 

[FischAutoTechGarten]

Just buy the XLT wiring harness and actuator. Super easy.

Is that what you did? Was it east to swap out the MY2025 XL rear section wiring harness for the MY2025 XLT wiring harness? Do you have a Partnumber of what you bought?

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