I have a 2023 Badlands, which does not have a liftgate button on the fob, so it can neither be the source of nor a solution to the problem. In my case, whether the button on the liftgate works on the first press, the 6th press, somewhere in between, or not at all changes every time. Whether my...
I have the same problem you do. However, mine is intermittent. Sometimes it opens and sometimes it doesn't. It can take multiple presses. So I stand there like a fool pressing the button 3, 4, 5 times until it either works or I get annoyed enough to dig out my fob and hit unlock.
...and of course now that I said that, it's not working again. It works *very* occasionally. Sometimes if I hit the button 3 or 4 times it will unlock. Sometimes it just won't work at all. Not sure if it's a glitch in passive entry or if my Bronco just has something wrong with it.