Tailgate - water

[DFR]

Hello all.

We're dealing with a '22, Badlands SAS 2-door.

I was wiping the truck down after a trip through the carwash and noticed water on the rear bumper no matter how many times I wiped it down...after further investigation, I pulled a plug on the bottom of the tailgate and water poured out of the hole for 45 seconds...

Has anyone else run into this?

I left the plug out...

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[Mkass]

You timed it

 

[PWillette]

Hello all.

We're dealing with a '22, Badlands SAS 2-door.

I was wiping the truck down after a trip through the carwash and noticed water on the rear bumper no matter how many times I wiped it down...after further investigation, I pulled a plug on the bottom of the tailgate and water poured out of the hole for 45 seconds...

Has anyone else run into this?

I left the plug out...

This is normal and what the plugs are designed for.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Hello all.

We're dealing with a '22, Badlands SAS 2-door.

I was wiping the truck down after a trip through the carwash and noticed water on the rear bumper no matter how many times I wiped it down...after further investigation, I pulled a plug on the bottom of the tailgate and water poured out of the hole for 45 seconds...

Has anyone else run into this?

I left the plug out...

Hi there – send a message to us with your VIN and approximate mileage, I’ll look into this for you. Thanks!

 

[Brostango]

The question is how did that much water get into the tailgate in the first place?

 

[DFR]

UPDATE...UPDATE...UPDATE

While installing the Ford Performance beadlock rings I had to take the spare off the mount on the tailgate and discovered one of the valves in the outside wall of the tailgate had fallen out of the hole.

I snapped it back in place and will report back when I hit the carwash next.

Thank you to all who replied.

DFR

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