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 [11/22/2024] [11/22/2024]
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 +===== Changed tie rod ends and got tires, alignment from Les Schwab =====
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 +(November, 2025) I purchased tires from Les Schwab, and they refused to do an alignment because the tie rod ends were moving too much. Returned home then over the next couple of days, purchased inner and outer tie rod ends for both front wheels from Amazon, and installed them. Borrowed O'Reilly inner-tie-rod-end tool to install that. 
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 +Had some problems with the black left and right rubber "bellows" (which encapsulates the inner tie rod ends) which has a pipe so that air can flow between them. Sometimes there is a bit of a fart sound.
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 +Return to Les Schwab, and they did the alignment. The steering is wonderful at this point.
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 +[12/13/2025]
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 +===== Back tail door lock wouldn't electrically open =====
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 +When trying to unlock the back tail door look with either the big button above the license plate, or with the buttons over the dash to open the door, only anemic click would be heard. I replaced the lock, and no difference. Just intermittent click, and no open.
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 +Assumed broken wire through the back door hinge, looked for which wires were used to open the lock. There were 7 wires. Had a hard time finding the schematic in the book. It was near the back of the book and labeled Back Ajar motor.
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 +^Orange White|Powers a electromagnet to engage the motor|
 +^Gray|Power the motor|
 +^Gray/White|Power the motor|
 +^Black/Gray|Ground|
 +^Red/Orange|Switch/sensor so computer knows door is shut|
 +^Orange/Red|Switch/sensor so computer knows door is shut (uncertain on the colors)|
 +^Black/Orange|Ground for switch|
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 +==== Solution ====
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 +Determined that Gray/White was not doing anything. Traced it back, saw it enters from the door trim to the main cab near upper rear-upper-brake-light, on passenger side slightly. When I started to open a multi-conductor plug, it came apart ridiculously easily. Figured out the plug was just not plugged in all the way. Plugged it in good and firm, reassembled. Good to go!
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 +[6/20/2026]
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 +-dw
  
  
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