Hatchback Motor Question...

After I was finished fixing my tailights, I shut my hatch and the motor pulled it down (it doesn't work half the time). When I unlock the hatch, the motor doesn't go up, but the hatch is released, so I pull it up. Now my motor assembly is in the "down" position and my hatch will not lock (the latch will not catch because the assembly is too far down). Is there an activation switch or something? What makes it work sometimes and not at other times? I would like to remove it and put in a "regular" latch system, but I need to get the motor to bring the assembly back up. I can't even keep my hatch locked right now. :mad:

Thanks.

Try popping it from inside the car. The switch should activate the motor. I notice that if I unlock my trunk from the key in the back, sometimes the motor won't go up. I hit the switch and that does it.

Ed