MultiPro Tailgate Problem/Issue Discovered - Lack of Engineering...

[Rduatctt]

I know of products coming out within a month that will remedy both of these issues. As soon as hits the market I will repost and show the links to find the products 

[smit303]

I also agree about the lack of a locking load stop. I think there is a limit to these nanny doodads though. 

[j-ten-ner]

On 2/15/2019 at 11:54 AM, rikhek said:

...Wait until the first lawsuit from someone behind a GM truck gets damaged/hurt from something falling out of the bed. The GMC owner will state it was marketed and sold as cargo containment, a faulty design was responsible for the damage, not the owner. It will happen...

Design flaw or not, it's still the drivers responsibility to secure the cargo.

Simple as that.

 

so long

j-ten-ner

[Dpach]

On ‎2‎/‎15‎/‎2019 at 1:54 PM, rikhek said:

I hear you guys but it’s still unacceptable from a “professional” engineering perspective. ANY new design in any discipline should be subjected to a design and operability review. First year out with something mew even more so. It’s just the way any design standard/process should function. They dropped the ball, plain and simple. 

 

The GM legal department is going to look to get someone fired. Wait until the first lawsuit from someone behind a GM truck gets damaged/hurt from something falling out of the bed. The GMC owner will state it was marketed and sold as cargo containment, a faulty design was responsible for the damage, not the owner. It will happen...

Not sure about where you live, but where I live, all items inside a truck bed need to be tied down/secured at all times.  If an object flies out of your truck and hits another vehicle, you are liable. You can try to sue the manufacturer, but it has been tried in the past and failed (I believe someone in the US had a BBQ bounce out of their box and it wiped out a car which injured the car driver and passenger, so they sued the truck owner who tried to sue the manufacturer for faulty design).

 

I tie everything down in the back of my truck if it won't fit with by Bakflip closed, or at least throw one of those stretchy nets over the items if the items are bulky.

[AlaskaErik]

On 2/15/2019 at 7:28 AM, GMC-AT said:

Yes, and apparently when you drop the lower piece it will hit the trailer ball if installed. Gimmick junk in my option anyway.. glad I got the silverado. 

 

Same here, but my SIlverado has its own gimmick...power down/up tailgate.  What is so hard about manually opening and closing a tailgate?  I've been doing it all my life without any problems.  Even before the days of easy lift tailgates.  Sometimes we create solutions to problems that don't exist.

[rikhek]

I resolved the load stop issue by simply balling up a shop rag and stuffing it below the hinge.  Looks ghetto but functional.  Funny as the other day I was pulling out of my driveway and my wife waved for me to stop to let me know I had left something (i.e., the shop rag) on the tailgate.  Oh well, shade tree engineering fix at it's finest.  I just put the shop rag behind my driver seat for when it's needed.

[My First GMC]

This may sound stupid but with the Multi Pro's first gate down it looks like a spoiler. Does anyone think it could both let air out of the bed like a "net" does and give you the benifits of a spolier with downforce? There is a message you have to cancel on dash but then I ran 80 miles on the highway with it down. 

[davester]

It probably helps a bit.  Probably would help more to run with the whole tailgate down, or with a cover over the bed.

[wizard4878]

On 2/15/2019 at 11:28 AM, GMC-AT said:

Yes, and apparently when you drop the lower piece it will hit the trailer ball if installed. Gimmick junk in my option anyway.. glad I got the silverado. 

 

well,  at the risk of sounding like a jerk,  I'm glad you got the silverado too,  that leaves more of these highly useful tailgates for those of us who use them

[Ryno12]

I know the OP is a year old but I wonder if GMC changed something with the design of the step/cargo stop. Mine is very stiff & there’s absolutely no way it would fold down simply from braking. Perhaps mine is just stiff from being new(er).

[smrr1]

4 hours ago, My First GMC said:

This may sound stupid but with the Multi Pro's first gate down it looks like a spoiler. Does anyone think it could both let air out of the bed like a "net" does and give you the benifits of a spolier with downforce? There is a message you have to cancel on dash but then I ran 80 miles on the highway with it down. 

 

3 hours ago, davester said:

It probably helps a bit.  Probably would help more to run with the whole tailgate down, or with a cover over the bed.

It has been proved time and again that it is actually more aerodynamic and you get better mpg with the tailgate up in place. Creates the right wind turbulence. When the gate is down or not there [net] the aero is all off and creates more drag with the end result of worse fuel mileage. Now a bed cover is a different story but the added fuel economy is probably offset mostly by the added weight of a hard cover anyway. 

[spizike9]

14 hours ago, smrr1 said:

 

It has been proved time and again that it is actually more aerodynamic and you get better mpg with the tailgate up in place. Creates the right wind turbulence. When the gate is down or not there [net] the aero is all off and creates more drag with the end result of worse fuel mileage. Now a bed cover is a different story but the added fuel economy is probably offset mostly by the added weight of a hard cover anyway. 

I didn’t know that. Very interesting. Do you have any sources on the worse fuel mileage? I’m not saying you’re wrong I would just like to see it for myself before I start telling people that. 

[smrr1]

37 minutes ago, spizike9 said:

I didn’t know that. Very interesting. Do you have any sources on the worse fuel mileage? I’m not saying you’re wrong I would just like to see it for myself before I start telling people that. 

Did a quick google and this was the first thing that popped up. Seen it in many places but the first i remember was myth busters way back in the day. There is a video in the link i provided too. 
 

https://removeandreplace.com/2015/07/28/does-a-pickup-truck-get-better-gas-mileage-with-the-tailgate-up-or-down/

 

 

Edited February 18, 2020 by smrr1

[Cpl_Punishment]

I thought the Mythbusters found that it was most fuel efficient to take the tailgate off and put one of those mesh nets on because you lose the weight of the tailgate while maintaining the aerodynamic efficiencies. But it was a long time ago so I could be misremembering. And that's not what OP was really asking about. 

[My First GMC]

16 hours ago, Ryno12 said:

I know the OP is a year old but I wonder if GMC changed something with the design of the step/cargo stop. Mine is very stiff & there’s absolutely no way it would fold down simply from braking. Perhaps mine is just stiff from being new(er).

I looked mine over last night and noticed it to is stiff and upright after a stop. It will most likely loosen up. I figure a stick can be cut to length or a prop rod like a hood has. I want to thank all for pointing out what I never had a chance to find out before the purchase. I was blindsided with a transmission issue and the only place who was local and willing to sell me a truck was the GMC dealer in the little ghost town I was in at the time. I can't say it is a bad truck but I can say it not like my old one. I guess I am still in mourning. So that is why having this group will help.