Tailgate Removal

[Chevor]

I took it apart long ago and have no memory of how I did it. Tried a few weeks ago to pull it apart, ended up just giving up.

[aggets]

I took it apart long ago and have no memory of how I did it. Tried a few weeks ago to pull it apart, ended up just giving up.

 

Thanks for the reply. I ended up putting the seal on with the tailgate on. Not ideal but not as bad as i thought either.

 

Thanks Andy

[redwngr]

There is also diagrams on page 2-10 of the owners manual.

 

To remove the tailgate:

1. Raise the tailgate and support it

firmly. Pull out and hold the

cable retaining clip (1). Push the

cable (3) up and off of the

bolt (2). Repeat on the

 

other side.

2. With the tailgate about halfway

open, lift the right edge of the

tailgate from the lower pivot.

On vehicles with the tailgate

assist feature, raise the tailgate

nearly all the way to the closed

position prior to removing the

left edge.

3. Move the tailgate to the right and

away to release the left edge.

Reverse this procedure to reinstall

the tailgate. Make sure the tailgate

is secure.

[aggets]

 

There is also diagrams on page 2-10 of the owners manual.

 

To remove the tailgate:

1. Raise the tailgate and support it

firmly. Pull out and hold the

cable retaining clip (1). Push the

cable (3) up and off of the

bolt (2). Repeat on the

 

other side.

2. With the tailgate about halfway

open, lift the right edge of the

tailgate from the lower pivot.

On vehicles with the tailgate

assist feature, raise the tailgate

nearly all the way to the closed

position prior to removing the

left edge.

3. Move the tailgate to the right and

away to release the left edge.

Reverse this procedure to reinstall

the tailgate. Make sure the tailgate

is secure.

 

 

Thanks for the reply. I read the owners manual the problem is disconnecting the back up camera i cant unplug it.

[crewl1]

Slide the red tab out it will move a bit.

Then squeeze the area in front of the red tab to release the catch and slide the plug off.

The red tab is a lock that blocks the catch release.

This is the first time I've seen the slide locks, other cars I've had you just squeezed the sides of the plug when you wanted to remove it.

[Techneck28]

On 2/14/2014 at 2:01 PM, KUUG said:

You don't have to remove the spare. Follow that wire around the spare(on the drivers side) and there with be 3 plugs if I remember right. I think it's the green one, unplug it and feed the wire back through. It is a little tricky to unplug, I used a small flat head...

How about disabling the camera display once the gate is removed.  I used the spare dummy plug to cap the end of the wire.  However when I use reverse the screen lights up bright blue and says service the backup camera.  Problem is that the BRIGHT blue screen is blinding at night.