Matt_RTR_FX4

My '01 Z71 had these. Well one of them cracked and allowed water to run into the cab. It was bad. I found out because I started seeing ants crawling around in the truck. They had got under the carpet and colonized in the moisture. I had to gut the entire inside of the truck to fix the problem.

RRSport

Noticed something interesting earlier at work today.
I work in service and as I was walking through the showroom a customer was trying to open the tailgate on a 502A lariat. The battery in the truck was dead because of course everyone has been playing with it and the tailgate wouldn't open. Doors opened fine so the truck was unlocked, but the tailgate wouldn't budge.
So are the tailgates that are equipped with the auto lock that are electronic unable to open on a dead battery?

Diggitydog

Is there not a key hidden within the FOB that would be able to turn locks in such a case?

daaaaaan

There is, and its a PITA to get out.

BoozeDaily

iTrader: (2)

Read a few comments on here so I'll add my $.02

I live in the city so I have the luxury of not using high beams. When I do, a simple pull back on the turn signal lever is not out of my skill range. I disabled the feature.

I will say that I am not a fan of the uneven door gaps. As a former apprentice body man at my Dad's shop, this is one of the things he stressed when repairing a car- smooth lines. My rear doors are not uniform. There is a wider gap at the bottom and the door almost looks like it's sticking out where the top is flush with the cab and has less of a gap. This could be truck specific and maybe I need to take it to the dealer. I will take a picture and post it later, it's cold outside.

I don't think its too difficult to get the key out of the remote deal. With that being said, my wife has a similar set up with her Acura and it is easier to get her key out. Number of times I anticipate using this feature on either vehicle: 0

I see both sides of it and I'm trying to figure out which side I lean towards. It's a truck with some great features, made by humans therefore its not perfect. On the other hand, its a $55000 truck and I should get what I am paying for in every sense of the word. If the truck is equipped with something, it should be built flawlessly and work flawlessly. I don't know where I should draw the line between reasonable and unreasonable.

BoozeDaily

iTrader: (2)

I went out and took pics of the door. I may have overstated the gap but it definitely isn't flush. The top of the door is more recessed into the cab, and the the bottom of the door sticks out.

So, when I rub my hand over it- at the top my hand bumps on the cab when sliding from door to cab. At the bottom, my hand bumps on the door when sliding from cab to door. So somewhere there is some warping or just maybe rushed work.

Lastly, I attached pictures from underneath my truck. Is this something I should be concerned with?

HCFX2013

Keep in mind that you did buy the very first run of the very first year of a brand new bodystyle. Having worked for a few different dealerships, of a few different brands, first run of first year vehicles are usually a build quality disaster, and those problems are usually fixed on the second run (or Job 2 in Ford terms) of vehicles, usually 4-5 months later. The fact that there's really only one major common build quality issue on the first run of the '15's is impressive to me.

smarterthanilook

I did an IM session with Bedrug customer service about two weeks ago. They said the 2015 F150 Bedrug would be available "after the first of the year."

daaaaaan

Booze,

I looked under my truck and I dont have any of that surface rust - might be from sitting in the lot for a while? Not sure.

WhereDey?

Im wondering the same thing...there should be a manual emergency override to open the tailgate!