I actually just realized something this morning in that it doesn’t latch properly when I open it from the inside. So when I first get in in the morning I open it from the outside, get in, and pull it closed and it latches fine. Normally I don’t get out of the truck until I get to work, and similar to the old tailgates, I had to try to close it 2, 3 or 4 times before it catches. I don’t slam it, just try to close it normally and it will eventually catch. Today I got in at home, closed the door, backed out of the garage, parked, opened the door and closed the door to run inside to grab my coffee. When I came back outside the door was not closed all the way. I lightly pulled on the handle and the door opened. When I say lightly pulled, I mean I didn’t pull hard enough for the handle to operate mechanically. Meaning the handle didn’t extend or function like a door handle where it moves from its resting position. If that makes sense. It took 3 times for it to latch. Once it did latch it was fine. I opened and closed it several times from the outside without issue. Then when I got to work I open it to get out and it just bounces back open again. It took 3 times for it to catch, but once it did it operated normally. I will monitor if it in fact only happens when the door is opened from the inside so I can say for sure, but thinking back I believe it always happens that way. I’m not sure if that will help isolate the issue and lead to a fix or possibly identify a different issue. Water has nothing to do with my issue though as the truck has been completely dry for days. I had this issue a few times last year, but I was living in California and it only happened a couple times when it was “really cold” (for CA anyways) but now I live in Maine and it’s happening almost every morning for the past week or so. Temps have been low teens at night and mid 30s during the day. The truck is about 40 in the garage in the morning.

That is intetesting, what year is yours?
( a general question to all, is this occurring to all trim levels, XL to Limited?)
If you’re onto something regarding opening from the inside, perhaps you can roll down the window and see if opening from outside solves that.
It is good to hear (relatively speaking) that you are able to close it after 2-4 attempts...keep us posted, you may help resolve this!

good idea about rolling down the window to see if that changes things. Mine is a 17 Platinum.

Thanks, Good luck !
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Just made a video. Spoiler alert... inside door handle is my issue...

The video is helpful to me who has not witnessed this issue...everybody seems to claim that when it acts up it will not latch at all while you are getting much better results ...Q: when it does not latch, does locking it change the outcome?
Q2: are all of the door handles the same ( except for chrome, paint or black plastic?