Spot welds in tailgate...
08-21-2011, 11:14 AM
#12
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The same thing happened to my '11. Brought home June 7th welds popped loose on July 8th, about 1,500 miles. Took the truck back to dealer and the first four guys to look at said exactly the same thing "Damn, I've never seen that happen before." Dealer ordered new tailgate and replaced it, but I'm thinking it will happen again at some point due to tailgate support cable on passenger side has slack in it when the gate is down. I started looking at every F 150 I can and it seems every one of them has this cable with slack in it. Not sure if yours does but seems kind of odd. Oh well my new truck is still light years better than the gov't motors I traded for it!
08-21-2011, 11:34 AM
#13
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The same thing happened to my '11. Brought home June 7th welds popped loose on July 8th, about 1,500 miles. Took the truck back to dealer and the first four guys to look at said exactly the same thing "Damn, I've never seen that happen before." Dealer ordered new tailgate and replaced it, but I'm thinking it will happen again at some point due to tailgate support cable on passenger side has slack in it when the gate is down. I started looking at every F 150 I can and it seems every one of them has this cable with slack in it. Not sure if yours does but seems kind of odd. Oh well my new truck is still light years better than the gov't motors I traded for it!
09-05-2011, 07:25 AM
#17
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UPDATE
Ford is replacing the entire tailgate with a new one. Waiting for it to come in. There were no questions asked about getting a new one, but got the " I've never seen that before" by the auto body shop manager. Should be in this week I hope.
Ford is replacing the entire tailgate with a new one. Waiting for it to come in. There were no questions asked about getting a new one, but got the " I've never seen that before" by the auto body shop manager. Should be in this week I hope.
09-12-2011, 07:12 AM
#18
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Update
Well, they screwed up my tailgate. After asking about replacing the manstep with a regular tailgate, they said no and we agreed to get the replacement manstep tailgate. After NOT hearing from the dealership for over 2 weeks I took a ride down, saw the bodyshop manager and he said, I have the REGULAR tailgate and its all painted and ready to go. After a brief conversation on the regular tailgate I relunctantly said, lets do it. After the install my camera does NOT work and there is no bed cover on the tailgate. He told me, oh thats the way it comes. Well, I had a bed cover installed on the truck when I bought it and need the truck every day for work. Hell, the cover would have cost him about $30.00! The icing on the cake was I got NO PAPERWORK on the warranty issue and the camera does not work! Go in with 1 warranty issue and come out with a mess! I now have a regular tailgate, a camera that does not work and am out the $375 that I originaly paid for the manstep. 
More on this after I visit the dealership today.
More on this after I visit the dealership today.
09-12-2011, 09:26 AM
#20
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you should never have accepted it without the step or cover if that's how you originally purchased it. Go back and make them do it again or give you cash back.