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I guess some tiny amounts of water ingressed trough the pull cable. A single drop would be enough to short out the PCB at its lowest point. I was thinking about repairing the board - the only thing broken is that MosFET - and then coating everything. But I don't really trust this design, the...

I guess that really depends on the mechanism used. If its build like this Futhope one you can forget to overpower it, you will deform your hood first. A worm drive can't be actuated from the toothed gear.

AliExpress refunded! And I didn't need to send the unit back so here it is. And as @Midnightsun stated so confidently, there is corrosion greeting me right away. One of the MOSFETS driving the motor is sitting on the lowest point of the case. They went through some effort to try and keep water...

Not often tbh, maybe 30 times.

Hm yeah. After I get Aliexpress to refund this POS I will break it open and verify if there is corrosion inside. 👍

Having to open it more or less by feel, I don't have that many pics: Thats the Bit-on-a-stick I used to unscrew the striker And thats the current state of the lock. It wasn't wet and had no visible water ingress anywhere. When I attach it to 12V and operate the sensor lever, a small click...

I just wanted to add my own experience with the Futhope module: Install on my Model Y MIG was very easy and I was really happy with the soft close feature. Sadly after a bit over 90 days (this will become important) if completely failed during a close operation, locking the frunk for good. You...