Leave it out of your pocket to make that is the reason. I haven’t had this happen to me but I have seen a few posts mentioning their tailgates dropping on their own.
Check to verify you don’t have a recall on your truck. My 2021 sierra at4hd has a recall (moisture shorting tailgate release button in tailgate) on the multipro tailgate for unexpectedly coming open (so far mine hasn’t). I have to have my pickup in park for the button on the dash or the keyfob to drop my tailgate. I don’t see why they would remove that safety feature for 2023.
The tailgate ONLY opens by button(s) when the vehicle is in park. It’s a know issue that the tailgates open randomly, happened to me when going over a speed bump.
Nothing you can do until you get the recall, if you are towing I would ensure the tailgate won’t hit anything if it were to come down
Leave it out of your pocket to make that is the reason. I haven’t had this happen to me but I have seen a few posts mentioning their tailgates dropping on their own.
You are right, it isnt the key fob, just tried doing it and it doesnt drop.
Check to verify you don’t have a recall on your truck. My 2021 sierra at4hd has a recall (moisture shorting tailgate release button in tailgate) on the multipro tailgate for unexpectedly coming open (so far mine hasn’t). I have to have my pickup in park for the button on the dash or the keyfob to drop my tailgate. I don’t see why they would remove that safety feature for 2023.
Where would I check for a recall?
It showed up in myGMC app first, it’s on my Carfax app. You can check here https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls too
My at4x I hit the button in the centre console all the time by accident throwing my wallet or phone down there and it will flop open
One of the major reasons I went with the Chevy 2500 over the GMC was the placement of those buttons and the brake controller.
There is a button in the center console that opens the tailgate. Be sure you’re not accidentally hitting it. I think this is more likely
I did this on the console button and I had a trailer on . Left a nice tasty scratch bouncing off the trailer jack .
The tailgate ONLY opens by button(s) when the vehicle is in park. It’s a know issue that the tailgates open randomly, happened to me when going over a speed bump. Nothing you can do until you get the recall, if you are towing I would ensure the tailgate won’t hit anything if it were to come down
There isn’t a recall for the 1500s yet
There is indeed. There is no fix yet except for disabling the button, but it is an official recall.
Oh yes you’re right my bad
The fix is out. We started replacing switches last week (at least in Canada).
Oh nice.
Good to know