Update: Dealer found worn pivot arm associated with torsion bar within tailgate. A replacement arm is not available, and a new torsion bar does not come with pivot arm. Dealer is ordering a new tailgate, then it has to be painted. Great way to waste money, glad its all covered.
Having this same issue for a few months now. Power tailgate on a 2021 502A. Been into dealer once already, work was farmed out to local bodyshop. Was supposed to be fixed, but noise returned again the same day. Going back into bodyshop tomorrow for a second look - shop foreman mentioned it may...
Resurrecting this thread again. I have sport 20's and would like to poke out 20mm / half an inch. Wondering if anybody has tried this yet? Feedback/pics would be great.
Finally caught it on camera.
I only get the bubble after a warm start-up, not usually after cold start-up. I do not have active prep 2.0 so don't think it is Blue-Cruise related. Others are saying it has to do with speed sign recognition and GPS.
Subscribing as I also have this issue. Will try the ceramic UV protectant as well.
Edit: Just looked and the same thing is happening on the wifes 21' Explorer cowl.
All 3 sections latch down, yes, on both sides. You can see one of them in the picture. For the tailgate seal, instructions call for two of the three "fins" to contact the tailgate. If somebody had a pry bar an wanted to get in, they would, otherwise it would not be easy for somebody walking by...
Chemical guys foam cannon (perfect for cutting down time when washing a truck).
2 bucket wash system.
California Water blade silicone squeegee.
Stihl Leaf blower.
Maguire's carnauba wax.
Throw a clay bar into the mix every now and then to remove brake pad metallic and road grime from lower panels.
both of my roof rails look to be only lightly painted...looks like primer with a skim coat of paint. will put up a pic later but has anybody else looked at the paint in the valleys of their roof?
Installed VML3Z 99501A42 B afterwords and so far it works great. Power washed truck today and surprisingly no water inside bed. New tailgate seal works quite well. Also installed a D-shape dust seal around tailgate perimeter to help with dust and surprisingly it too works pretty good.
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After less than an hour behind the wheel she managed to break it in for me. Wondering if anybody knows paint code for the sport package wheels, and if you have any tips on repair process here. Both local dealerships wont (can't) repair this and referred me to a couple local wheel repair...
I carried my 2018 Ford Custom Accessories hard tri-fold (basically the backflip rebranded) over to my 21'. Power tailgate wouldn't close as the tailgate seal lip on the tonneau was too floppy - caused enough resistance to force tailgate to auto-open again. I had to manually open the tonneau and...
I traded in my 18' XLT 5.0L with 38,000kms, no sunroof, no nav, XLT sport package, and Special edition package for $40,500 CAN +tax. Didn't have a blemish on it, maybe a 9/10. I thought this was a steal considering it had the problematic 5.0L. Dealer asked no questions and took one walk around...
Awesome, thanks for the reply! Yeah that looks like the new lip seal, albeit not as beefy looking as the Bakflip seal. But it does have the newer triple seal. Wonder if you brought the cover out further away from the cab would you get a better seal on top of the tailgate? Where does yours leak?