What is the purpose of this thing (wire protector?) in liftgate jamb?

I replaced the front camera washer myself. Wasn't too bad. Certainly faster than dropping it off and waiting several weeks for them to get to it. Done in an afternoon, hardest part was getting to the actual part that needed changing. Once there, it was easy. Can't speak for the rear one but I bet mine isn't working either (if there's even one there on my year model) because that camera is always dirty.

GixxerJasen said:

I replaced the front camera washer myself. Wasn't too bad. Certainly faster than dropping it off and waiting several weeks for them to get to it. Done in an afternoon, hardest part was getting to the actual part that needed changing. Once there, it was easy. Can't speak for the rear one but I bet mine isn't working either (if there's even one there on my year model) because that camera is always dirty.

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Thanks for the reply.

Unless I'm looking at the wrong part, it looks like the part I need is backordered. :/. Big surprise... it's probably a known issue, thus the run on the part.

I've just ordered a generic repair kit from Amazon and will try to repair it in the manner shown in the YT video I linked. But if I ever get the truck in for warranty repairs I will have them knock this out too.

GixxerJasen said:

I replaced the front camera washer myself. Wasn't too bad. Certainly faster than dropping it off and waiting several weeks for them to get to it. Done in an afternoon, hardest part was getting to the actual part that needed changing. Once there, it was easy. Can't speak for the rear one but I bet mine isn't working either (if there's even one there on my year model) because that camera is always dirty.

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Good move. Like an idiot, I had a local dealer replace mine when it was a week old. It came back missing 6 fasteners and had a nice new scratch on one of the fenders....I Slammed the dealer on the subsequent survey and the service manager called and gave me the nth degree about how I knew that the factory didn't leave the fasteners off the truck...when I explained that if that was the case, in the course of the repair (that involved those fasteners) his guys should have installed the "missing" fasteners anyway....the call ended. Another dealer off of the list. I digress.

Never even knew I had a washer on the camera. Took a little while for the fluid to get to it, but it worked.
Thanks.

ROBERT BONNER said:

Good move. Like an idiot, I had a local dealer replace mine when it was a week old. It came back missing 6 fasteners and had a nice new scratch on one of the fenders....I Slammed the dealer on the subsequent survey and the service manager called and gave me the nth degree about how I knew that the factory didn't leave the fasteners off the truck...when I explained that if that was the case, in the course of the repair (that involved those fasteners) his guys should have installed the "missing" fasteners anyway....the call ended. Another dealer off of the list. I digress.

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It's a shameful state of affairs with these dealers.

I did the repair over the weekend using a repair kit I purchased off of Amazon... only needed one of the hose couplings, and used a hair dyer to heat the hose like in the YouTube video I shared.

It still leaked a little after this, and so I also wrapped it with a layer of teflon tape, and then a layer of electrical tape. It's doing the trick, but a proper repair would of course be to replace the section of the hose.

I will address this with the dealer when it's goes in for other issue(s) I'm waiting to her back from them on. :/

ROBERT BONNER said:

Good move. Like an idiot, I had a local dealer replace mine when it was a week old. It came back missing 6 fasteners and had a nice new scratch on one of the fenders....I Slammed the dealer on the subsequent survey and the service manager called and gave me the nth degree about how I knew that the factory didn't leave the fasteners off the truck...when I explained that if that was the case, in the course of the repair (that involved those fasteners) his guys should have installed the "missing" fasteners anyway....the call ended. Another dealer off of the list. I digress.

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And don’t forget - the dealer service department is PAID by Ford to do a pre-delivery inspection on new vehicles, to ensure everything is functional and nothing is missing.

99WhiteC5Coupe said:

And don’t forget - the dealer service department is PAID by Ford to do a pre-delivery inspection on new vehicles, to ensure everything is functional and nothing is missing.

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Interesting point... for what it's worth, mine had JUST came off of the delivery truck. In fact, then didn't even know they had it in inventory.

They thought they had sold their last Timberline, and then when they checked the system, the saw the delivery and immediately pulled it around - still had all of the tape and stickers and wrap on it.

So, maybe the did the prep/pre-inspection FAST, and missed something like this.

Of course, I no longer live in the state in which I purchased the vehicle, so going back to that dealership (about 1000 miles away) would be a real pain.