Running with tail gate down

[Rupp]

Guys,
I just went to Home Depot for the first time in my truck and got some lumber. I needed to leave the tail gate down. My question is - is there an option somewhere to turn off the "Tail Gate Down" in the center of the dash?

 

[2019REBEL]

Yes press the OK button.

 

[ericd]

or just hit the up arrow and it will go back to your speedometer or whatever

 

[834k3r]

I've driven with the tailgate down multiple times, and have literally never seen that warning. In my experience, the rear ParkSense needs to be turned off if you're backing up.

 

[mikeru82]

I've driven with the tailgate down multiple times, and have literally never seen that warning. In my experience, the rear ParkSense needs to be turned off if you're backing up.

I thought all Laramie's had the tailgate ajar warning included as standard equpiment. I know my Laramie had it.

 

[JbVt]

I've driven with the tailgate down multiple times, and have literally never seen that warning. In my experience, the rear ParkSense needs to be turned off if you're backing up.

I thought all Laramie's had the tailgate ajar warning included as standard equpiment. I know my Laramie had it.

Sometime last year they got rid of the tailgate ajar warning. There is a thread somewhere on here. I know my level 2 bighorn has it listed on my build sheet(05/2020 build date) and I have also never seen any kind of tailgate ajar warning or icon in dash.

 

[LaxDfns15]

Huge thread on it. If you have an AlphaOBD, and you have it on your build sheet you can turn it on in the settings. They turn it off in the settings from the factory.

NO TAILGATE AJAR WARNING ?? 2020 ram rebel

Ive had my 2020 Rebel for about 3 months and Love it but I accidently drove home with my tailgate wide open . I find it hard to believe that a $65,000 truck doesn’t even have a tailgate ajar warning lite ? I could have killed sombody with stuff falling out the back . I’m asking if it’s is...

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[mikeru82]

Sometime last year they got rid of the tailgate ajar warning. There is a thread somewhere on here. I know my level 2 bighorn has it listed on my build sheet(05/2020 build date) and I have also never seen any kind of tailgate ajar warning or icon in dash.

Huge thread on it. If you have an AlphaOBD, and you have it on your build sheet you can turn it on in the settings. They turn it off in the settings from the factory.

NO TAILGATE AJAR WARNING ?? 2020 ram rebel

Ive had my 2020 Rebel for about 3 months and Love it but I accidently drove home with my tailgate wide open . I find it hard to believe that a $65,000 truck doesn’t even have a tailgate ajar warning lite ? I could have killed sombody with stuff falling out the back . I’m asking if it’s is...

5thgenrams.com

Guess I missed that thread. My new Limited warns me when my tailgate is ajar when I drive with it open. Truck was built in March of this year in case anyone doesn't see that in my sig.

 

[LaxDfns15]

Guess I missed that thread. My new Limited warns me when my tailgate is ajar when I drive with it open. Truck was built in March of this year in case anyone doesn't see that in my sig.

Mine has it on the build sheet, but it's turned off. I haven't bought AlfaOBD yet to turn it on.

 

[JbVt]

Guess I missed that thread. My new Limited warns me when my tailgate is ajar when I drive with it open. Truck was built in March of this year in case anyone doesn't see that in my sig.

Hmmm.. must be they turned them back on for 21s.

 

[SpeedyV]

Yes press the OK button.

Yes - and don't forget to also turn off the bed and cargo lights!

 

[834k3r]

Guess I missed that thread. My new Limited warns me when my tailgate is ajar when I drive with it open. Truck was built in March of this year in case anyone doesn't see that in my sig.

Now I'm confused. Mine has a 12/2020 build date, and I am convinced I've never seen the warning. I'll have to check tonight just to make sure I'm not being brain-dead.

 

[Ramjack]

Guys,
I just went to Home Depot for the first time in my truck and got some lumber. I needed to leave the tail gate down. My question is - is there an option somewhere to turn off the "Tail Gate Down" in the center of the dash?

You know you get at least a 5mpg bump by leaving the tailgate down.

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

Now I'm confused. Mine has a 12/2020 build date, and I am convinced I've never seen the warning. I'll have to check tonight just to make sure I'm not being brain-dead.

No, just pull that piece of electrical tape off the cluster face, you'll see it!

I have had to resort to that in the past driving POS $500 pickups.

 

[mikeru82]

Now I'm confused. Mine has a 12/2020 build date, and I am convinced I've never seen the warning. I'll have to check tonight just to make sure I'm not being brain-dead.

So I finally read through all 13 pages of that thread. I have the MFT, so maybe that's why mine is working. But I know that it worked on the 2020 Laramie I bought in October of 2019, with a build date of August 2019. No MFT on that truck, and it also did not have nav, so it never received any OTA updates. I also know that the dealership never did any flash updates either because they never had it in their shop.