Tailgate problems of the 2018 Ford F-350

Tailgate still randomly opens after Ford issued recall to correct. Seems to occur primarily when truck is parked on hill with ebrake set. When releasing emergency brake on a hill, the release is quite violent in terms of the truck vibrating/shuddering. It appears the proximity of the remote open tailgate switch and the vibration with the ebrake handle release, may be activating the remote switch. Truck has already had the Ford issued tailgate opening recall applied which has not corrected the issue.

Uncommanded tailgate opening. Tailgate fell down going about 30mph in downtown port townsend, wa. . . Portable generator and cable fell in front of several cars. . Temporarily shutting down both lanes. The next day the tailgate would not respond until the circuit breaker was reset. This truck has had the recall completed.

I had the tailgate recall completed on my vehicle, shortly afterwards, I was still experiencing issues with the tailgate falling while driving. I returned the vehicle to Ford again to report the issue. The Ford dealer worked on the vehicle for 2-3 days and returned the vehicle to me again stating it had been fixed. The recall did not resolve the issue. The tailgate opens unexpectedly when the vehicle is in motion. I do not know if it happens on the freeway, city street or while turning.

Tailgate came open on its own yet again. . Towing a 5th wheel. . Was able to see it open in a sharp turn and stop. . Causing a traffic jam on highway 12. Several cars almost hit each other. . . This is after recall was completed .

Tailgate opened on its own. . . Towing 5th wheel trailer. . . This is second time since tailgate recall was done.

Lose of construction material on highway . . Due to uncomanded tailgate opening. . Tailgate comes open on its own. . . This is after recall was completed.

Tailgate opens on its own. . . No indication that it is open. . . Can not see in the mirror.

Tl- the contact owns a 2018 Ford F-350. The contact stated that while driving about 15 mph, making a turn, the tailgate dropped and hit horse trailer. The tailgate was destroyed. The dealer was not called. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 5,200. Fe.

We were driving down the highway i26 into asheville and the tailgate opened we heard a noise went to pull off the highway and the poise was worse stopped immediately got our tailgate had come open and was shredded by the horse trailer. This has never happened while pulling the trailer but it has happened a few time previously but I assumed I hit the button on the key. Didn't think much more but now seeing this it may have happened while driving. Scary.

We are experiencing numerous uncommanded tailgate drops while the vehicle is in motion or just running. We recently were towing our 5th wheel trailer and when we pulled into fuel up our tailgate dropped and damaged both the truck's tailgate (top molding) and put a hole in the front compartment door of the fifth wheel. (pictures provided). We have taken the truck into two Ford dealerships and they have not been able to duplicate or diagnose the problem and per Ford motor company, they have stopped trying to diagnose the problem. On another day, we experienced three different uncommanded tailgate drops while we were towing our boat. One time, my husband was backing the truck and I was standing alongside the truck and the tailgate dropped uncommanded.

The tailgate will come down while riding down the road or after hitting a bump. Very unsafe while hauling or towing. There is no indicator in the cab to tell you the tailgate has dropped. Have had it in for service at least 4 times. Vehicle is less than a year old.

Electric tailgate has released and dropped open while driving. Has happened three times at low speed. Twice while pulling fifth wheel trailer and once not towing anything.

Tailgate will open randomly when hitting a bump on the road or highway. Has happened 4 times in the first 6 months I have owned. The dealership can find no problem. Resulted in loosing my payload on the interstate, very dangerous.

While pulling from a fuel pump I began turning when I heard a loud noise. The tailgate had inadvertently opened and pierced through the front of a 5th wheel camper I was pulling. This caused significant damage to the camper as well as the to the top of the tailgate. This 1st incident happened ~ 3700 miles. I latched the tailgate and picked up another trailer (pintle hitch). I pulled into a parking lot to drop off the load and noticed that the tailgate had came down a second time. After dropping trailer off I began to drive home. Half way home to get fuel (un laden) I noticed the tailgate down again. The remote nor the dash button had been touched. The tailgate has since been removed as I can not risk further damage caused from my tailgate opening by itself. I informed my dealership (ryan Ford of sealy,TX. ) multiple times of the incident however was replied with only that there was no active TSB issues for my VIN.

The remote tailgate deployed (opened) at 60mph on I-40 east of nashville, TN. While towing our fifth wheel trailer. We heard a load boom, and did not notice anything until we stopped and the tailgate was down. There were no external inputs causing deployment of the tailgate.

Tailgate opens unexpectedly while driving. This has happened several times.

I ordered this vehicle, f350 king ranch, and took delivery February 2018. Since then the tailgate has intermittently opened on its own. The first time was February 27, 2018. The truck does have the power tailgate release option. This has happened both when the truck is stationary and in motion. In the 19 months I have had the truck the tailgate has opened approximately 15 times. Fortunately, I haven't lost anything out of the bed while driving, so far. I have no idea what the cause is.