At dealership about to sign on dotted line for custom ordered truck. Lariat 502a. Isn't there supposed to be a tailgate damper? When I open it by hand nothing slows it down

 

Yes

 

Is it on the sticker?

 

there is on the platinum but I don't know about lariats

Mine takes probably 2-3 seconds to go all the way down

 

It's listed in the Order Guide as coming with the 502a package.

My truck is a 502a Lariat, and it takes a few seconds for the tailgate to lower itself.

See if you can get the key fob and do the remote release from there and time it. It should in NO way slam down - it should gently lower itself to horizontal.

-John

 

Standard on Lariat

 

Yep, should have damper

 

Optional on Lariat. Included in 502A.

 

thought damper was standard on Lariat and the "remote" tailgate drop was standard with the 502a.

 

ehh actually... that sounds right. I was thinking the whole remote tailgate release feature. You might be right that the damper without the release feature is standard in Lariat, I don't know that I've ever actually seen it in text anywhere in their brochures and crap so I'm not entirely sure about that one.


Regardless, he has the 502A so it should be there lol