Tailgate won't open

[James Rauch]

Hello everyone, had this happen twice today, truck is unlocked, but tailgate won't open. Finally after several attempts it opened. Any ideas?

 

[smoothee]

Could be your tailgate lock actuator. Do you hear it when you hit the lock/unlock button?

 

[yakalong]

I had an issue with mine where I would have to push in on the tailgate as I pulled the latch. It turned out that I put some weather stripping around the tailgate to keep dust out and that was the cause. I removed a couple of pieces and that solved the problem.

 

[Wesley Kottas]

Ditto. Had the same problem. Took the truck into service to have a new auto-tailgate release accuator installed. Fortunately this was covered in my warranty period.

 

[Stewart]

When it won’t open, try using the key in your key fob. That might tell if it is not unlocking.

 

[Onison]

Mine did the same thing all of a sudden and just as quickly, it started working again. Not sure the cause.

 

[Pudge]

I had an issue with mine where I would have to push in on the tailgate as I pulled the latch. It turned out that I put some weather stripping around the tailgate to keep dust out and that was the cause. I removed a couple of pieces and that solved the problem.

from time to time mine doesn’t as well, and this is all I do. Usually it’s because there is some dirt or something around the seal.

 

[Sean McGillicuddy]

Same problem
https://www.ramforum.com/threads/2019-ram-1500-laramie.172884/#post-2457581