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This is the second this happened.

first time, I was walking to the Jeep during my break at work finding out the tailgate was opened all the way. I thought that I left the doors unlocked...nope.

today when backing up to my parking spot at work, the backup mirror was facing to the floor. When I got out, tailgate was fully open. I remember closing my tailgate at night inside my garage.

Any thoughts on what to check?
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This is the second this happened.

first time, I was walking to the Jeep during my break at work finding out the tailgate was opened all the way. I thought that I left the doors unlocked...nope.

today when backing up to my parking spot at work, the backup mirror was facing to the floor. When I got out, tailgate was fully open. I remember closing my tailgate at night inside my garage.

Any thoughts on what to check?
This happened to me twice, or i should say after my significant other accessed the bed twice.

Are you slamming it shut or just closing it until you hear a click?
 

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I’ve had this happen to me multiple times. I was just closing the tailgate until I heard the latch click. Doing that, I don’t think it was latching fully. I started closing it with more force and haven’t had a problem since.
 

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I think thats it exactly.
 

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I think your coworkers are messing with you. I found my windshield wiper arms pulled out away from the windshield...
 

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Tailgate opens when driving...sounds like an old girlfriend, but that is a story for another time.

Hope these solutions fix it for you!
 

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Did you have the bed sprayed. I had in a previous vehicle the same issue. Found out that when they sprayed the bed they also sprayed the close and latch mechanisms. So it was coated with the bed spray. While it would shut often times while driving the tailgate would just fall open. Puzzled the hell out of me. Finally after figuring it out scraped and removed the spray liner and it never happened again
 
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@BAT yes my bed liner is aftermarket sprayed. Gonna check on the latch mechanisms this weekend. Thanks.
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