tailgate on f150
12-19-2013, 11:05 AM
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Never, the way it's designed to be held on. The only want it could fall off is if it was installed incorrectly, and I wouldn't imagine it would close if installed incorrectly. My tailgate gets opened and closed dozens of times a week and never ha that issue.
Wayne
Wayne
12-19-2013, 02:40 PM
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tailgate on f150
I lowered the tailgate.
threw some garbage bags in the back.
closed the tailgate, but just before it was closed, both ends on the bottom of tailgate come out at the same time and fell straight down.
The cables kept it from falling to the ground.
Had the truck since Nov. 2011. Got it new off the dealer lot. Tailgate has never been removed from the truck.
threw some garbage bags in the back.
closed the tailgate, but just before it was closed, both ends on the bottom of tailgate come out at the same time and fell straight down.
The cables kept it from falling to the ground.
Had the truck since Nov. 2011. Got it new off the dealer lot. Tailgate has never been removed from the truck.
Last edited by TDL; 12-19-2013 at 02:48 PM.
12-19-2013, 03:21 PM
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I lowered the tailgate.
threw some garbage bags in the back.
closed the tailgate, but just before it was closed, both ends on the bottom of tailgate come out at the same time and fell straight down.
The cables kept it from falling to the ground.
Had the truck since Nov. 2011. Got it new off the dealer lot. Tailgate has never been removed from the truck.
threw some garbage bags in the back.
closed the tailgate, but just before it was closed, both ends on the bottom of tailgate come out at the same time and fell straight down.
The cables kept it from falling to the ground.
Had the truck since Nov. 2011. Got it new off the dealer lot. Tailgate has never been removed from the truck.
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F150 tailgate falls off
I loaded my motorcycle on the 2013 F150 truckbed, its longer than the bed, so I drove with the tailgate down. I must have hit a bump somewhere, which lifted the tailgate high enough to release it. When I arrived at my destination the tailgate was hanging on the cables. It got badly dinged up by the tow hitch ball.
My Ford dealer tried to tell me I had not fitted the tailgate properly, but I had never taken it off. He then tried to tell me that someone had tried to steal the tailgate so it wasnt properly attached.
Ford Customer Service said I should not have driven with the tailgate down. I have read the 591 page owners manual and nowhere does it tell me that.
I had no idea the method to take off the tailgate, or how easy it comes off.
I believe that Ford should pay for a fix (hose clamp round the coupler as a minimum) and repair the damage to the tailgate. It would help if they added it to the manual too.
Exactly how many other people have experienced this?
Can we share names and addresses, to strengthen the case against Ford?
- Gary Roberts
Colfax, CA
My Ford dealer tried to tell me I had not fitted the tailgate properly, but I had never taken it off. He then tried to tell me that someone had tried to steal the tailgate so it wasnt properly attached.
Ford Customer Service said I should not have driven with the tailgate down. I have read the 591 page owners manual and nowhere does it tell me that.
I had no idea the method to take off the tailgate, or how easy it comes off.
I believe that Ford should pay for a fix (hose clamp round the coupler as a minimum) and repair the damage to the tailgate. It would help if they added it to the manual too.
Exactly how many other people have experienced this?
Can we share names and addresses, to strengthen the case against Ford?
- Gary Roberts
Colfax, CA