griffin.malone

I'm gonna start tracing that black/white wire farther back to check for a break tomorrow in the light.

Thanks for finding that page.I found someone else that's BIU was fine and they tried a similar thing I did, so hopefully it has a surge protection. Not really sure where to go from here. Best option to try to trace the wire (unlock one in this case) back through the car and hopefully it's broken somewhere? This may be past my electrical expertise...

Thanks for the advice. still doesn't work sadly. There is no click whatsoever. Are you saying the wires switch depending on what mechanism recently went off? So one wire is a ground, then they switch? Thanks.

I used some on the handle and still nothing. 2005 legacy. Sorry, forgot about that.

Hey! Very novice when it comes to electrical work. So recently my rear hatch stopped locking and unlocking. Nothing worked. I got out my multimeter did some tests on the two wires going to the actuator. The Green Yellow one will unlock the hatch if I bypass the ground (other wire) to somewhere on the hatch. So I assumed the black striped one was the ground, and not working. Temporarily (before I trace the non working ground) I closed the ground off and created a floating ground in the hatch. But then I realized it will lock but still won't unlock. It unlocks fine, but when I try to unlock it the motor spins a TINY bit and that's it. Is the wire I thought was a ground power to make the motor turn the other way...? Ive tried to look online but can't seem to find answers. How does the actuator work? Do I have it completely wrong? thanks!!