2017 Superduty tailgate release
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2017 Superduty tailgate release
After taking my tailgate off to load my camper when putting it back on I accidentally didn’t hook up the electrical before closing , it is now on / closed in the locked position and I cannot hook up electrical .....any way to release the locking mechanism?
Tuned
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my father in law had an issue with his tailgate not opening via remote. He opened the tailgate step and was able to put a coat hanger on locking mechanism from in there to manually release it. Sorry dont have any pics but if you dig around should find it.
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From: Denver, CO
I think about this all the time. It's really dumb that they didn't provide a manual release on the inside of the tailgate. Even electric car doors (like in a Lincoln) always have a manual door release for WHEN, not if, the door release doesn't work.
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The idea is to reduce the number of tailgate thefts. An easy to access manual release would defeat the protocol that locks the tailgate with the doors (which I think is really smart).
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