Handle on outside turns but tail gate will not open on A 99 ford expadition eddie baura

Can you push against tail gate and it opens easily use wd40 on latches then work the handle open and shut tail gate then respray with wd40

Lift up the tail gate and on the lower left hand side there is a small cover on a compartment. It is located behind that.

thats dangerous for the one holding the handle. there is a rod from each side that runs to the handle. one is probobly out of adjustment. If you can see them under the handle when you lift it up take a screw driver and pry it towards the handle. if it opens then its out of adjustment

open the tail gate remove 2 screws and pop the light out

I had the same issue and took the panel off. the handle is connected to 2 bars that are connected to both sides of the tail gate. One of the bars had somehow bent and came loose. All I did was straighten that bar enough to get it back into the slot on the handle, screwed a nut onto it so it couldnt pull out again. And never had a problem since.
If you look in between where the gate meets the fender , u can see the lock and push in to release the gate. Sorry , No repair manuel , I just start takin things apart

I have a similar problem, my tailgate stopped working with the outside handle and the remote but can be opened manually from the inside. I don't have an alarm so there is no problem with that but did you get a solution for the tailgate problem that I could try?

Open tail gate. Use the access square inside - pull cable to open tail gate. Remove interier panel - 2 bolts plus 2 screws (2 bolts on handle and 1 screw each side), pull remainder out of guide clips. Now have full access to locking mechanism. Identified a retaining spring had come loose sending guides to shift left (exterior point of view). Place hand in tail gate and move guides over and put spring in place to retain. verify it works and put back together. Handle is the trickiest part as the bolts have to go through the interior panel and afix to the metal tail gate.

you have to take te plastic molding off the inside and then click it and see why it dosent open

You must remove the handle from the gate, this is done by removing the plastic tail-gate guard. On in side of gate are some torx screws , remove screws and gate guard will come off. Then there are some more torx screws to remove steel acess pannel, the tail-gate handel will be held in place by 2 10 mm nuts . After removal of nuts the handle will come out, inspect handle for brakeage or rust. replace if nessesary.

you need to remove the tail gate rear cover (i think it is a torx bit 30) and then manualy open the tail gate. more than likely it will need a handle, and two latches.