On my 2011 Lariat, I have the pull out step ladder and stand up hand bar but when shopping for a new 2016, I looked at a Lariat with 502A package and the tailgate ladder was missing. So is the ladder packaged nowadays as a separate option, in a different package or no longer made???

 

Still available. But the grab handle is stowed in the tailgate along with the step. That way the tailgate doesn't have the handle folded on the loading surface and in the way like before.