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Rear Power Tailgate Operation

AAWhyte

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Hi All,

The manual just says this:

Ford F-150 Rear Power Tailgate Operation Captuasdasdasdre.JPG


Does anyone know what conditions must be meet for this to work?
When I am at the store and I want to load items into the bed, I will use my remote to try and lower the tailgate, no dice. So I unlock the truck and try again, nope.
I will press the button, pictured above, on the remote 2x and nothing happens. The tail light lights up showing that it acknowledges I am trying to do something, but the tail gate will not open. I get to my truck and I have to open the drivers door before the truck will lower the power tailgate by using the remote. At that point I could just reach in, since the door is open, and push the tailgate button on the dash.
Am I not doing something right? Or is this the way it is designed?
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The option may be disabled. I found a video on YouTube showing where the setting is located:

If it’s enabled and still not working, try varying the cadence of your presses. I noticed my truck ignores me if I press the tailgate or remote start buttons too fast in their respective sequences.
 
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Thanks for the reply's. Lately when I shut my truck off it throws up a message on the screen saying that it is shutting everything off due to a low battery. I think that may be my issue as I do not drive the truck very far or a lot. I put the charger on it last night and the tailgate works like I would expect it to . I think it was a low batter issue.

Edit: I would like to add that I could still unlock the truck and even start it from the remote, just the tailgate would not come down. I did notice that it would not let me start the truck from the app after having that message when I shut the truck off.
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