turns out the actuator on the new lift gate was not working correctly, so the key ob did not work. Lock was my fault for trusting my daughter, it worked fine when I tried it .

Thanks, bringing it back in to get checked out, Seemed logical to me that they would have minimally switched the locks out when doing the replacement, so I never even thought to check. The repairs were completed 2 weeks ago so not likely they have the old one around:

We recently had the rear lift gate replaced on our 03 Vibe after a little fender bender, not the lock will not work and the hatch release either. I Knew the key would not work since was a replacement ,but was wondering if it was possible to somehow program the key bobs to work on the new lift gate &...