sadly becoming an expert on this as it happened again. The issue is the locking mechanism. When you lock it the tab is pushed, when tailgate is unlocked the tab is supposed to go back to original position, but does not. Sad a little part causes so many issues. We took off tailgate cover and...
The half paper clip slot has a spring within it. That spring had popped off (scoop of dirt had been in bed of truck, possible a piece got in slots knocking it off) I was able to use a knife blade to slide in and put the spring back in place. That allowed the little round lever to the right to...
You can't seem to understand I was not asking for the fix. I was asking for the diagram. Not sure why that is so difficult. NO, the fix listed did not fix mine. Know what did? Looking at the diagram to determine how it worked.
More quotes " Adjust this tab, mine was hard to shut till I bet it...
In the comment I responded to the user stated they had issues closing it too. And my question was not asking what the fix was, my question was for the parts schematic and something that I wanted to look at.
" That tab is what stops the tailgate when you close it. If it's too far towards the...
I actually fixed this myself. in the picture the half paper clip slot has a spring inside it, that spring had slid off. I was able to slide a knife blade in and put it back on.
Are you saying you had to push tailgate AND pull the latch? We started having the issue this week. We took the cover off and if we pull the cables it will open. it seems like the lever is not engaged correctly
Has anyone had this issue and fixed it? If we take the cover of tailgate we can pull the 2 rods to make it open. The latch does not work to get it to open. It seems as if the white label should fit on the lever above it, but don't want to force the issue.