I actually like the quick how to videos. Helpful and straight to the point. Doesn’t make a 20 min video for a 5 min job like most people.👍

1000 stars for a honest mechanic. Would like to see more of these DYI videos

Guys like you are why I love KZfaq. I have my own tools and have always done my own maintenance on my vehicles, including engine swaps. But, I still turn to KZfaq before starting something to get hints and tricks. Looking forward to seeing your Mustang project come along.

I love how you say "mechanically challenged" instead of "idiot" lol.

Your a good teacher ... the afternoon crew is lucky to have you

I've been dreading this fix for so long because I was led to believe I needed to tear apart the back of my car. I've put it off for so long I've developed the habit of slowly ducking when going into the back of any SUV. I always wondered if the problem may just be in the other side. Your diagnosis was spot on, the piston had oil residue everywhere, I bought the part from your link, replaced it in 2 minutes with a flat head. problem solved. The terrain still blows as a car but at least it's not hitting me in the head anymore. Thanks for the help. Huge weight off my shoulders.

2015 Equinox. Powered lift acting erratically. Per your advice, the unpowered strut had oil residure. Changed it out (approx $28.00) and fixed it. Thanks a bunch.

I remember my first day of class at Triton College my instructor had said, the one key thing to being a good technician is keep it simple stupid. Those are words to live by..enough of my story time have a good one vehcor.

I would love to see more videos like this one, but I also would like to see your builds as well. I'm sure you see common issues like this more than the average person. Keep 'em coming, I'll watch them all!

Nice, this is the no BS stuff that I can approve of as a mechanic. Simple explanation, no fluff and just how easy a repair like this can be.

This was a cheat code. Ordered part on Amazon, was on my doorstep the next day, installed in less than a minute. Works perfectly! Rear hatch stays up when open now. 2015 GMC Terrain Denali. Thank you!

I can’t thank you enough!!!! The part was sitting in my closet for a couple of years. I bought it on eBay and that it was the wrong part. I was fortunate enough to watch this vid. The installment took a couple of minutes only. MANY THANKS 🙏

OMG IM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR VIDEO💃💃💃🙏🙏🙏🙏 MY LIFTGATE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS EVER SINCE MY NEPHEW SLAMMED IT SHUT AND IT STARTED SLOWLY CLOSING DOWN ON ANYONE JUST LIKE IN YOUR VIDEO... SO THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU... I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER MECHANIC TO DO THIS BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE...... I WILL DEFINITELY SEND FAMILY & FRIENDS TO YOUR CHANNEL💯😍

I wait every week for your videos. This will help, but I preferred your rebuilds. You are one of the few I have found doing everyday cars that most of us can relate with. Keep up the great videos.

This video actually helped me fix the rear windshields on both my 2005 Kia suvs. I probably never would have figured it out had I not seen this.

Thank you sir. Worked for my 2014 Equinox.

You had me at “saving money!” 😁 I think these are fantastic video alternatives from time to time - great idea and look forward to the next one...

Perfect and to the point. I knew it was a strut problem, but as soon as you pointed out the oil leak, I looked and sure enough the oil was present. Going to only replace the no powered one. Thanks for saving me some serious $$$.

Scott would definitely like to watch more of these videos they can be very informative.

Hay Scott, another crisp and to the point video. I save all of your jobs, it's better than watching doctors, human doctors at any rate. Hope you aren't fighting with the afternoon crew. You need someone to hold the camera. Great job and thank you !

I took my 2015 Equinox to the dealer. I wish I'd seen your video before spending $200. My case was slightly different. The liftgate would start to close, try to open and then forcefully close. It was fixed by replacing the right liftgate strut. thanks for your video

And I just ordered the expensive motor side strut after loading stuff in my wife’s car in the Costco parking lot and turning around to grab more and whacked my head going WTF. Then I found your video.

I love these kinds of videos lol!

Going to do it tomorrow! Thanks so much!

My Volvo 850 Estate tailgate gas struts did the same thing.. I replace them both but it involves by removing the headliner side panels. One horrible job but at least nobody bugged me with the train horn while doing the work.

Excellent idea. I'm sure there are a lot of people that can benefit from videos like this. Amazing how such a small inexpensive item can cause such headaches if not properly diagnosed. And waste a lot of money as well. Nice work, keep them coming.

I had to do that on a 1981 Pontiac Phoenix, the on with that big lift gate. After some friends told me what to replace and how, guess what, it worked like it was suppose to work. As I've said before, I like your channel, and videos like this hopefully will help save a few people some $$.

It’s a great Wednesday video. To get us through till Friday lol!!🤪🤪

I had a '98 Blazer with the same issue. Fixed it just like you described.👍👍

i'm glad my lift gates are mechanical so no expensive power stuff to replace.

Yes ,the tutorial is handy. Still, will miss your crew and you showing how to repair wrecked cars and trucks. And I will still watch. Have every day on Friday since you came on to You Tube. Guess I am spoiled. Ha Ha Maybe you will even get some 2005 Ultra Park Avenues. ?? Regardless 0f what you pick keep them coming however you see fit . Thanks

Another good job 👍 thank you for telling me to call that IAA insurance auction my boat was actually in Davenport Iowa if you ever need anything from Mobile Alabama to let me know

Excellent. I like these quick tip videos. Their like a nice light snack during the day. Keep em coming !!

THANK YOU!!! This worked perfectly!

Clearly, the dealer took advantage of that customer. That’s why People don’t always trust them. Hopefully they will come to you from now on. Love the helpful videos.

Always precise and to the point. That is KZfaqs Vehcor. Personally, I like the how to video format.

Excellent vid as usual. I would have likewise assumed the hydraulic lift was the fault. Wrong. Attention to details is the answer. Kudos!

Thank you, seems like all of your videos teach me something....

Thanks, this video was exactly what we needed. Our hatch is fixed

Boy that it been a good one for the afternoon crew! Troubleshooting is always a good skill to have. And I know you're a skilled mechanic oh, I've been watching your show from the beginning and it always impresses me how easy you make it look. But have you noticed that people who should be skilled that are in your trade miss the obvious things all the time? I see it a lot of my trade, I'm an electrician, things they should have checked, things they didn't check, things an apprentice would have caught, I have journeyman level electricians missing.

Perfect! Thank you. Dealer just quoted me $600 for the part!

A Turdain..junk vehicles. The 2.4 had bad piston rings and a poor timing chain design. The 3.6 has cam gears that go bad and can grenade the motor too. I had a 2011 SLE..started culonsuming oil at 90k like cookie monster eating cookies. Good help to the people there Scott.. your a good man Charlie brown. Be safe have a great weekend.

I love how the dealership went straight to the most expensive option first..........

Another Superb video thanks Vehcor

Great info! I'll file it away for when it fails on our 13 Equinox LTZ. Thanks!

Good video. Just replaced the strut on my Travel Trailer door. Just that easy.

I prefer to see you rebuilding a car or truck. Keep them coming !

Awesome bro. That's exactly what I was going to try on my wife's car. Glad to know that should fix it.

Keep them coming, great video

Great job Scott This is a good video for the DIY group that like to repair their own. Show more.there great .

Thanks this video let me do a fix on my own.

Thanks I will check my mother's terrain

Thanks for the vid. My terrain is doing the exact same thing with the hatch. Now i know how to fix it.

That full Snap-On puller set cabinet in the background though 😍

*i ALWAYS replace both even if only one is weak because they usually wear pretty evenly. You kinda threw me off a second with that auto liftgate part. i've not dealt with those enough but i was pretty sure i had the solution until you mentioned about the pump for the auto lift gate, then i was thinking wait maybe those are different somehow. glad to see that in the end i pretty much had it pegged* :o)

Had to change these out on a Ford Explorer this video helped a lot

Another excellent video. KISS are words to live by.

Awesome video, very informative. Thank you for sharing.👍👍

For a lot of people it is more daring to do the work rather than any sort of problems with not being able to do it. It all seems scary complex to the average person but all you need is the first one done and it starts to feel easier, I'm sure that is how most of us started.

Nice how too video...someone is going to appreciate this video

Very helpful , maybe oil and air filters next .

Wow, now I wont have to use my head as a lift gate strut! Lol

Yes, Nice change-up I'd watch more repair vids Great Video!

I just had someone bring me their 2011 Chevy equinox with the same problem. Dealer diagnosed it as the left side power strut, quoted a few hundred dollars to replace. I replaced the right side support strut instead, which cost a whopping $25 and bam, problem solved. Saved her a couple hundred dollars just because the previous tech either had no idea what he was doing, or was just taking advantage of a girl who didn’t know any better.

Thank you so much!!!. I shall now fix my death hatch.

Happy New Year to you and your afternoon crew. Great Tutorial video. Thank you for sharing.

Like this kind of quick diy video. As long as the regular ones don’t go away. :)

thanks for sharing your informational videos - they are always full of useful tips. Thanks to watching your many presentations I am a much more informed and valuable car owner. You Guys Rock!

very compressive….thanks

I was cheated LOL. I hurried home, knowing its boring build friday. And get a 1min vid. Just kidding with you Scott. Love the video. Keep them coming.

I just put new struts on a '93 Cobra today. Exactly the same procedure.

Don't you just love the let's see how much we can rip people off shops. They do make my blood boil and yes we have them in the UK as well. I'm all for these type of post's especially if it means the main dealers losses out. 😃😃 As always top job buttercup. Gary........ England 🇬🇧

A titan among simple people! No one does work like this anywhere. Not sure why you waste your time working for someone else js.

I just can’t figure out who would dislike this video.

This is like dejavu I was at my wife's sister's house last week and as we were leaving she had the same thing happen to her,now I'm going to look really smart when I go fix it for her ha

i had replaced those shocks on my wife's 2006 chevy trailblazer before easy job

Scott is so good he's like a magician. Of course you notice these older, bald genius mechanics never show a video clip of the first time they tried to fix something like this...😏

Thank you very helpful

Good video , especially for a common issue, i have done a lot of these on this model and have also done plenty on the current generation Equinox and L body also, they dont seem to last very long. keep up the good work !

Great little tutorial!

Thank you! Ours began this problem within the last week. I’m tired of hitting my head. So googled & found this video! We will be ordering & replacing ours. Thank you! We are in a 2017 Terrain. Question though, our codes populate an error for our sunroof. Yet ALL of our sunroof functions work perfectly. Could it be reading a wrong code for the power lift gate to the rear? Otherwise, if we have no errors with our sunroof, why is it coding as sunroof?

Exactly in other power lift in Toyota and HOnda, most of the time was weakening struts.

Happy New Year Vehcor and crew! Here's my story (edited) Bought new 2016 Tahoe LT drove it 16K miles, power gate fails to operate. Warranty dealer replaces pump, cylinder, control limiter switch (opening height adjustment on overhead console) Works great for a month or so, then fails again #2. Return to the same dealer for warranty rework, all components replaced again.....Dealer stated "defective parts" were installed during 1st warranty repair. FAIL #3 at 21K miles, same prob. Dealer states "problem in data bus cable causing failures" Lemon law replacement of vehicle initiated, dealer bought Tahoe back. I purchased a new 2019 Traverse LT to replace the Tahoe in July 2019. At 1100 miles the auto stop circuit malfunctioned and destroyed starter and flywheel. Warranty work took 3 weeks to complete due to GM strike. Presently have 1800 miles on the vehicle and the POWER LIFTGATE is working intermittently! Good news is this is not a primary use vehicle but, I'm thinking it will spend a lot of time at the dealer for warranty work going forward. Auto-stop feature doesn't have a disable feature like the pickups and when I asked the dealer to disable it, they stated: "We can't do that as it's not endorsed by GM." End of story/rant. I'll keep ya posted on this adventure.... Love your videos, enjoy your weekend, work safe, stay warm! Doug@ the "ranch" (Massachusetts)

Wow....these dealer mechanics are dopes if they couldn't figure that out. I just replaced the rear struts on my moms Ford Flex because of the same issue and she's not even that mechanical savvy but she the one that told me her struts were going bad.

This intro alone was better than some movies nominated for Oscars.

Same for the ford exploder. 👍

Cool video

Great video

Great tip and I have to replace both struts on my Leer Bed Cover. Well if I were the owner, I'd go back to the Dealer and ask for a MAJOR cost adjustment/refund on the unneeded repairs. Like their actual cost for Labor and Parts not their insane mark-up.

Always great videos 🤩👌🏾

I like these kind of videos, as well as your other ones. Maby you could mix a bit of both on your channel.

Cool glad to know that I need 2 for my 41 ford sadan street rod trunk trying to figure out hot to get two that will work on the trunk

Did the afternoon crew teach this to you? JK! It was very nice of you to share your knowledge. Hopefully a google search for the problem will bring people to this video.

Thanks for this video. $25 for the part, and 30 seconds to replace it

oh man I wait all week for a new vehcor vlog and it's over already, gona have to go and clean something !

As a dealer parts guy/manager for 20 plus years I can say all too common in the last few years. One good tech who is swamped and half a dozen parts slingers.

Thank ... I have to change them out on my Tahoe thanks

Thanks ! 👍 👊 😎

Very thoughtful !!Thank you for sharing.

Thumbs up and a comment for the algorithm. I'm a couple of videos behind, just catching up.