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What is this panel for in the bed on the driver side?

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I’ve tried searching and looking up the part number on the inside of the blanking panel, but not coming up with anything. Anyone know what this is for?

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It's for the optional 110v power
 

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I’ve tried searching and looking up the part number on the inside of the blanking panel, but not coming up with anything. Anyone know what this is for?

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There have been several threads on it, but nothing definitive. It's a new addition. The square panel on the passenger side is for the optional 110v outlet.
 

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It's for the optional 110v power
Nope, that's on the other side, a smaller square, and has been since day one.
There are two other threads on this, and I even showed a photo of the SAME panel in a Ram truck in one of those threads.
Sales guys say it's likely for the setup similar to what Ford has for their electric vehicles, another says it's likely for a device similar to the 4xe "power pack" or whatever it's called, but then that plugs into the charging port to give you 115v power.

So far, it's a guess (NO ONE KNOWS other than design engineers at FCA), other than it's showing up now as the JT 4xe is in the works,
and - it's also on Ram trucks ->

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I’ve tried searching and looking up the part number on the inside of the blanking panel, but not coming up with anything. Anyone know what this is for?

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Look man... whatever you do... DO NOT OPEN THAT PANEL!!! I've seen some things... Some really messed up stuff... But never like what came out of that panel... It's watching me... It's coming for me rgkjfvh84&%^%$%kjbfwergwrthhjbjaher erjhb
 

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Lots of assumptions floating around so I'll throw out a guess no one else has:

Tailgate Bluetooth speaker.
 

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I saw a 2025 sport S with same cover in the bed
 

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I saw a 2025 sport S with same cover in the bed
The same bed panels would be used in/on all Gladiators, Sport to Mojave so it would be there.
 

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That’s the cover for the anti-cavitation drive, a rare option used in conjunction with a special snorkel for deep water crossings, so your competitors can’t follow your tracks.
 

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Look man... whatever you do... DO NOT OPEN THAT PANEL!!! I've seen some things... Some really messed up stuff... But never like what came out of that panel... It's watching me... It's coming for me rgkjfvh84&%^%$%kjbfwergwrthhjbjaher erjhb
Open the panel Allen... They want you to open the panel...
 

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That's the laundry chute for when you're overlanding. ;)
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