# 04 Jeep Liberty Swing Gate **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** liberty, jeep\ **Created:** [June 28, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/04-jeep-liberty-swing-gate/93681 "2016-06-28T17:58:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shawane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Shawane](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Shawane)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/04-jeep-liberty-swing-gate/93681/1 "2016-06-28T17:58:05Z")
I have a 2004, Jeep Liberty Sport. The swing gate is stuck in the latched position. There are two issues. I can not change the brake lights without being able to open the gate. Secondly, I can’t replace parts that are bad without being able to open the gate. Most forums note the manual unlock inside the gate, itself. It’s normally a little yellow tab. For some reason, my variant of the latch motor does not have this and I have no way of opening the gate. How can I get this open, to at least change the brake lights. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/04-jeep-liberty-swing-gate/93681/2 "2016-06-28T18:02:49Z")
Can you remove the inner door panel? ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/04-jeep-liberty-swing-gate/93681/3 "2016-06-28T18:23:11Z")
Can you open the rear window? that should unlock the gate. Maybe it needs a little more force, I have had the sheet for the dogs get stuck in the latch, and it appeared to be an unworkable latch, but jut needed a little more oomph.