Unlock the doors and then manually open the tailgate. Or unlock the doors and press the tailgate release button in the cab.Just thinking. I know how to start the truck, but how would you open the tailgate? How would one do this?
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The tailgate release switch is live anytime the BCM recognizes the doors are unlocked. You would use the physical key inside the fob to unlock the driver door, hit the unlock button on the inside door switch, then the tailgate release switch on the handle will be live.Just thinking. I know how to start the truck, but how would you open the tailgate? How would one do this?
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There is a button for the tailgate drop on the overhead console.Thanks for responding. I’m not familiar with how to manually open the tailgate. I don’t think I have a button in the cab for the tailgate either. The tailgate release is an electronic button in the handle. Where would the manual release be?
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Not all Rams have the button in the overhead console.There is a button for the tailgate drop on the overhead console.
As for a manual release, I'm guessing there isn't one without removing the access panel on the tailgate.
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Unless the truck battery is also dead, the tailgate handle works like a mechanical/manual release when the doors are unlocked. Doesn’t matter if the fob is dead.Thanks for responding. I’m not familiar with how to manually open the tailgate. I don’t think I have a button in the cab for the tailgate either. The tailgate release is an electronic button in the handle. Where would the manual release be?
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Well my tradesman 2500 doesn't have a button, but it doesn't have the tailgate strut either.Not all Rams have the button in the overhead console.
Interesting if you have a tonneau that opens from inside the bed (aka tailgate open). Makes me wonder how easy it is to "jump" the tailgate wires/harness in a power failure OR for the more dedicated thieves to gain access to your bed.If the fob is dead there is a valet key in the fob. Manually unlock the driver door, then power unlock the vehicle to unlock the tailgate.
If the truck battery is completely dead (ie. Door unlock doesn’t work) you will need to charge or replace the battery. Otherwise you have to remove the access panel on the tailgate and manually release each electronic actuator. This is for the 5th Gen 1500, I’m not sure if the HDs have an all electronic release actuator or not.
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Nope, I have the strut and an almost fully loaded Rebel with no button in the overhead console for the tailgate.Well my tradesman 2500 doesn't have a button, but it doesn't have the tailgate strut either.
I figured anything that had that strut would have the button inside.
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If the fob is dead there is a valet key in the fob. Manually unlock the driver door, then power unlock the vehicle to unlock the tailgate.
If the truck battery is completely dead (ie. Door unlock doesn’t work) you will need to charge or replace the battery. Otherwise you have to remove the access panel on the tailgate and manually release each electronic actuator. This is for the 5th Gen 1500, I’m not sure if the HDs have an all electronic release actuator or not.
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Seems kinda stupid to me for trucks that left the factory with the tailgate damper, every car out there has a release button inside but a 40k+ truck doesn't when it should...Nope, I have the strut and an almost fully loaded Rebel with no button in the overhead console for the tailgate.
NopeWell my tradesman 2500 doesn't have a button, but it doesn't have the tailgate strut either.
I figured anything that had that strut would have the button inside.
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Interesting if you have a tonneau that opens from inside the bed (aka tailgate open). Makes me wonder how easy it is to "jump" the tailgate wires/harness in a power failure OR for the more dedicated thieves to gain access to your bed.
Not all trucks have this. I think it's Laramie and above, and depends on option packageThere is a button for the tailgate drop on the overhead console.
As for a manual release, I'm guessing there isn't one without removing the access panel on the tailgate.
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In my case, keyfob works fine, all the other locks work fine (doors, Ram boxes) only issue is the electronic latch itself on the tailgate responds to nothing until 12V battery has been disconnected for several minutes then reconnected.Not all trucks have this. I think it's Laramie and above, and depends on option package