- On those Escort wagons equipped with a hatch light switch, it is located at the bottom of the movable hatch next to the hatch-receiver assembly. Simply lift the hatch, look at the bottom after it is up and locate the switch. Once you know where it is, it is simple to turn on and off just by feeling for it when you pop open the hatch release. If there is no switch, your model may rely on the dome light switch instead.
- Some Ford Escort wagons came equipped with a dome light switch. This switch is centered above the front seat on the car ceiling between the driver and passenger seats. The switch is at the far forward edge of the front dome light. Most switches have three settings. You can set the switch to automatic so the lights (including the hatch light) go on whenever a door is opened and then go off when all doors are closed. Alternately, you can manually turn it on or you can manually leave it off even when doors were opened.
- Some base models of the Ford Escort wagon came with no switches at all. The lights simply turn on when a door is opened and go off when all doors are closed. The hatch is wired in with the rest of the doors; when it is opened in a model like this, the dome lights should come on just as when any passenger door is opened.
- If you have no switch at the base of the hatch and the lights do not come on when you open the hatch, you probably have a problem with either a blown fuse or the wiring to the hatch. If the dome lights do not come on when you open any door, it usually indicates a blown fuse. If the dome light does come on when a passenger door is opened but not when the hatch is opened, there may be a problem with the wiring or sensor to the hatch.
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