faulty tailgate ajar warning
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faulty tailgate ajar warning
Is anyone familiar or had the tailgate ajar warning not work? I stumbled across the fact 15 and later F-150s have this warning as standard equipment.
I realized the warning didn't work when the tailgate was left open after we unload and went to move the truck. Dealer will be checking it out when it goes in for the next oil change and sat antenna replacement.
Any info would be appreciated.
I realized the warning didn't work when the tailgate was left open after we unload and went to move the truck. Dealer will be checking it out when it goes in for the next oil change and sat antenna replacement.
Any info would be appreciated.
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Is anyone familiar or had the tailgate ajar warning not work? I stumbled across the fact 15 and later F-150s have this warning as standard equipment.
I realized the warning didn't work when the tailgate was left open after we unload and went to move the truck. Dealer will be checking it out when it goes in for the next oil change and sat antenna replacement.
Any info would be appreciated.
I realized the warning didn't work when the tailgate was left open after we unload and went to move the truck. Dealer will be checking it out when it goes in for the next oil change and sat antenna replacement.
Any info would be appreciated.
Mine is a 2016.
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Yeah...your truck must have a newer flash. They were having issues with these (warning light would stay on even if the tailgate was closed), issued a TSB, and rather than fixing the problem, just disabled it altogether. My truck had it until I had the 5-4 shift TSB done. Originally, they were unplugging the sensor as the fix. I was a little pissed...there have been two times now that it would have been nice to have that warning light back. I don't even think the feature is included in new calibrations, so using Forscan to add it back won't work.
Mine is a 2016.
Mine is a 2016.
I'm going to call them again today and see if they actually are disabling. I'll post their response after that call.
If they have disabled in all f-150s, I'm going to register a complaint with them and then file a formal safety complaint with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as a possible defect. You and others might consider that.
I'll make another post on the proper way to file a complaint. If not properly written, it doesn't get fast action.
Here is a link to that post. https://www.f150forum.com/f118/how-f...-admin-359712/
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Curious about this as well. I've gotten lucky on at least two occasions where the only thing that saved me from putting the tailgate into the garage wall was the rearview camera pointing straight at the ground and me consequently saying "what the hell is wrong with that camera?". Only to realize that I left the tailgate down.
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I just spoke to Ford Customer Care. TSB 16-0030 is the only one issued and is only for vehicles prior to the Oct 15 build date. OASIS shows no TSB, SSM, SB or other information on this problem. Their suggestions was have the dealer go through the system.
As for finding out the tailgate is loose/down with the camera is you have to be in reverse to see it. Glad you were are to avoid hitting your garage wall but the camera is useless if the tailgate were to open while driving down the highway. Would be damaging if that happened while towing my travel trailer.
As for finding out the tailgate is loose/down with the camera is you have to be in reverse to see it. Glad you were are to avoid hitting your garage wall but the camera is useless if the tailgate were to open while driving down the highway. Would be damaging if that happened while towing my travel trailer.
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I just spoke to Ford Customer Care. TSB 16-0030 is the only one issued and is only for vehicles prior to the Oct 15 build date. OASIS shows no TSB, SSM, SB or other information on this problem. Their suggestions was have the dealer go through the system.
As for finding out the tailgate is loose/down with the camera is you have to be in reverse to see it. Glad you were are to avoid hitting your garage wall but the camera is useless if the tailgate were to open while driving down the highway. Would be damaging if that happened while towing my travel trailer.
As for finding out the tailgate is loose/down with the camera is you have to be in reverse to see it. Glad you were are to avoid hitting your garage wall but the camera is useless if the tailgate were to open while driving down the highway. Would be damaging if that happened while towing my travel trailer.
It's stupid and unfortunate but I had to let this one go because there's no way to add it back without firmware that supports it. If I was ambitious enough, I'd get a CAN sniffer out to see if a PID still shows up when the tailgate is opened...it doesn't mean there's a handler for it, but it would suggest that they haven't completely removed the PID and somewhere deep in the mess of a crap, there's a way to re-enable it. It just wasn't available for the dealer to do.
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