Tailgate popped open on the road

[road turtle]

This has not been a good day for a whole bunch of reasons.
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Went through some pretty rough roads heading west I44 --> I40.  Decided to I49 to avoid toll road, AND see something other than white line fever.  That was not a good decision as somewhere along the less than sooth roads, tail gate popped open.  Lost some relatively minor stuff, maybe total $200, and I'm not seeing any damage to the 5th wheel, but it was kind of icing on this messed up day.
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2022 SD, anybody had this happen before?

 

[stevenc]

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Edited November 6, 2022 by stevenc

[rudy777]

49 minutes ago, road turtle said:

This has not been a good day for a whole bunch of reasons.
.
Went through some pretty rough roads heading west I44 --> I40.  Decided to I49 to avoid toll road, AND see something other than white line fever.  That was not a good decision as somewhere along the less than sooth roads, tail gate popped open.  Lost some relatively minor stuff, maybe total $200, and I'm not seeing any damage to the 5th wheel, but it was kind of icing on this messed up day.
.
2022 SD, anybody had this happen before?

 

I believe there was previously a recall for this problem. Check the recalls for your truck.

[sd350]

Yes, there is a recall out there definitely check with your dealer ASAP!

[lcseds]

I don't think there is a recall on 2022 models as the latch was redesigned.

[d232799]

My King Ranch is a 2022 and I just had the recall done.  Dealer tech told me they had one SD pop a tailgate that did alot of damage to the trailer and

the tailgate.  Now to open my tailgate I have to "hit" the button twice.  Truck won't allow the tailgate to open if in Drive,  only Park. 

[IUEC135ELEVATOR]

Are you f-ing serious?....a recall for a tailgate not staying closed? ?   You think that would be something that they would never have to recall because they would have figured that out over the last... what? 75 years?. 

[akirby]

3 hours ago, IUEC135ELEVATOR said:

Are you f-ing serious?....a recall for a tailgate not staying closed? ?   You think that would be something that they would never have to recall because they would have figured that out over the last... what? 75 years?. 

I don’t think tailgates were computer controlled with push buttons 75 yrs ago.

[IUEC135ELEVATOR]

11 hours ago, akirby said:

I don’t think tailgates were computer controlled with push buttons 75 yrs ago.

Ahhh..so it is an electronic issue. I was assuming turtle was playing Mario cart hitting potholes/rumble strips and trying to Tokyo drift his f350 and the tailgate flopped open from flexing. Ummm yeah

[road turtle]

On 11/8/2022 at 6:38 PM, IUEC135ELEVATOR said:

Ahhh..so it is an electronic issue. I was assuming turtle was playing Mario cart hitting potholes/rumble strips and trying to Tokyo drift his f350 and the tailgate flopped open from flexing. Ummm yeah

It popped open on a very rough road.  No damage to trailer, but I did lose some stuff out of the bed.  Was not happy to get to my first overnight stop and not have my anderson buckets for the rear jack.  Luckily I also had some blocks in the pass through.  My rear jacks are set to high, and even slightly out of level, I run out of stroke.