Drain hole in top of tailgate?

[Hoginedgewood]

Seems odd to let water have access inside the tailgate, I think I might put a dab of silicone there. 

[Mic_]

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[Mic_]

On 8/26/2022 at 5:34 PM, Hoginedgewood said:

Seems odd to let water have access inside the tailgate, I think I might put a dab of silicone there. 

I think then it will poll in the hand grip section

[newdude]

On 8/26/2022 at 5:34 PM, Hoginedgewood said:

Seems odd to let water have access inside the tailgate, I think I might put a dab of silicone there. 

 

 

I'd fill it before your tailgate starts opening on its own LOL.  

[Hoginedgewood]

7 hours ago, Mic_ said:

I think then it will poll in the hand grip section

I push a button and it opens, I don't need a way to pull it down.

[Hoginedgewood]

5 hours ago, newdude said:

 

 

I'd fill it before your tailgate starts opening on its own LOL.  

Yup

[Pryme]

I was wondering about that and why it’s there. I would rather a bit of water pool at the top than drain into the tailgate but I’m sure the engineers thought about that. I wonder if it’s routed through properly and doesn’t contact anything?

[waltman]

There was nowhere on mine for the water to go but directly on to the switch and wiring for the tailgate release so I plugged them.  

[Kanon Morris]

Has anyone actually opened up the tailgate to see if those holes allow water to hit the electricals?  Seems like such a poor design that I question whether it’s true.

[waltman]

On 9/26/2022 at 5:52 PM, Kanon Morris said:

Has anyone actually opened up the tailgate to see if those holes allow water to hit the electricals?  Seems like such a poor design that I question whether it’s true.

It's true, I opened mine up. Drain holes are directly above the wires and switch for the tailgate release.

[Pryme]

On 10/2/2022 at 7:26 PM, waltman said:

It's true, I opened mine up. Drain holes are directly above the wires and switch for the tailgate release.

Why would they do that? I guess it won’t hurt to put a dab of silicone in each hole then. 

[Kanon Morris]

On 10/2/2022 at 7:26 PM, waltman said:

It's true, I opened mine up. Drain holes are directly above the wires and switch for the tailgate release.

I’d think they would put a “roof” above the wires and switch.  I just can’t imagine a design that would cost them money in warranty repairs.

[Another JR]

Without those holes, when you open a wet tailgate that little handhold full of water dumps right on your shoes.  Can’t have that. Get the drill out. And then the thinking stopped. 
 

That’s my guess anyway. 

[Pryme]

16 hours ago, Another JR said:

Without those holes, when you open a wet tailgate that little handhold full of water dumps right on your shoes.  Can’t have that. Get the drill out. And then the thinking stopped. 
 

That’s my guess anyway. 

That little handhold doesn’t even make sense. It doesn’t provide anything for me. I don’t even use that for anything. Silicone in mine now. 

[Another JR]

2 hours ago, Pryme said:

That little handhold doesn’t even make sense. It doesn’t provide anything for me. I don’t even use that for anything. Silicone in mine now. 

Agreed. I was going to say the same thing.