Zanardi
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Last night I got home from golf. Went to pop the tailgate to get my clubs out. Pulled the latch handle and it wouldn't open. Gave the gate a good tug on the top edge in case the gate was just binding. Wouldn't budge. I cycled the locks several times from my key fob - wouldn't budge. Cycled the locks from the interior armrest switch as well as tried the key in the manual tailgate lock. No luck. Seems to suggest it's not the lock. Tried several more times and could not get the tailgate to open.
I thought I was hosed because I have a soft cover. To open the cover I need to have the tailgate open. Just before I headed into the house I tried the latch one more time and the tailgate opened easy as ever. Got my stuff out and tried opening and closing several times. No problems at all.
The exact same thing happened about two weeks ago. No problem in between. At that time it also finally just opened without my finding a cause or doing anything.
Any ideas? I was thinking maybe stretched cable(s) or similar? It would seem however once stretched they wouldn't "unstretch" and work fine for a couple weeks in between problems. Also today I barely have to pull the latch handle and the gate pops open. It's not like I have to pull it to the limit as I would anticipate doing if a cable was stretched out of tolerance. Maybe the latches on each side of the gate need a good flushing and some fresh grease?
I thought I was hosed because I have a soft cover. To open the cover I need to have the tailgate open. Just before I headed into the house I tried the latch one more time and the tailgate opened easy as ever. Got my stuff out and tried opening and closing several times. No problems at all.
The exact same thing happened about two weeks ago. No problem in between. At that time it also finally just opened without my finding a cause or doing anything.
Any ideas? I was thinking maybe stretched cable(s) or similar? It would seem however once stretched they wouldn't "unstretch" and work fine for a couple weeks in between problems. Also today I barely have to pull the latch handle and the gate pops open. It's not like I have to pull it to the limit as I would anticipate doing if a cable was stretched out of tolerance. Maybe the latches on each side of the gate need a good flushing and some fresh grease?
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