OK i searched a ton of threads and couldn't see one that covered this. Today I went to drop the tailgate and pulled up on the handle and it wouldnt drop. It feels like the handle isnt disengaging the mechanism inside the tailgate. Can anyone tell me how the handle comes off or how to fix this issue.......

 

Did you try unlocking it? Sometimes mine will lock on its own.

 

Yeah thats the first thing I tried but no go.....its unlocked!

 

take the panel off the inside of the tailgate, it should be 6 torx screws, like a T25 i think, and take a look and see what happened

 

Yeah you have to go through the back side, and at the top half of the tail gate you will see the screws that pat is talking about. You also could try pushing in on it and seeing if it just doesn't have enough rome to release all the way with presure on it, and if thats the case then the latches will need to be realinged.

 

That happened to me the other day. I was about to take off the panel when I tried locking and then unlocking it with my key instead of the remote and that worked. Not sure what happened or why it didnt drop

 

hit that sumbitch with a hammer.

works every time.

 

Took my tailgate cover off yesterday 8 screws and cleaned and sprayed wd40 works like new..............

 

Mine got sticky this year, pulled the access panel off, lubed every joint, now it works like a charm. I know on rangers you can use a flat blade screwdriver from the inside to open each mechanism and drop the gate that way.

 

You Can unlock your tailgate with your fob?

 

Yea i thought that to.


Oh thanks for the reminder gotta lube mine.. gate people at my work dont like that they have to do a little work to open my tailgate..

 

**** i legitimately thought so but just tried it and nope doesnt unlock/lock it. I guess having the cover on I never thought about that. My bad

 

haha no prob dude we all think stuff sometimes..

 

It would be doable somehow tho........ It would take a lot of work.

 

not really, just mount a lock actuator and wire it into one of the back door locks, or passenger lock if its a non screw