2017 Ford F-250 SD: key fob or push-button start problems

Filed Oct 17, 2024 · Locks · 90,000 miles · MO

The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-250. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the tailgate would unexpectedly open without warning, causing material to fall out of the vehicle. Additionally, the contact stated that the tailgate would fail to open when pressing the button on the key fob or when attempting to manually open the tailgate. Upon investigation, the contact discovered the federal safety agency Campaign Number: 19V864000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) which was linked to the failure. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be serviced or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000.

Filed Mar 24, 2019 · Body · 3,500 miles · NY

The tailgate opens by itself. It has happened when parked. It has happened when moving in town, and on the highway. It is a base model with a manual tail gate, so no key fob release could cause it. The truck has done it a lot, and there is no pattern to it.

Filed Dec 12, 2018 · Body · 5,000 miles · FL

Automatic tailgate assist just randomly goes down either while driving, while in park, or even just for no reason. This happened while in park with a trailer on the back and caused $2000 in damage which we had to pay for. Luckily all the other times it has happened, there was not a trailer on the back. We were not touching the key fob, so it didn't get "pinched" in a pocket or anything.

Filed Oct 25, 2018 · Body · 7,000 miles · NE

Tailgate has been opening on its own while driving. The last time this happened I was driving with a trailer attached and the tailgate dropped while driving and the tailgate and trailer were damaged. Not sure what caused the tailgate to open on its own. Key fob was on the dash when this happened so couldn't of been pushed on accident. Vehicle was in motion on highway. Damage occured when turning, the tailgate caught the cargo door(s) of the attached fifth-wheel trailer.

Filed Oct 20, 2018 · Body · 34,000 miles · MI

My 2017 ford sd f-250 tailgate has opened by itself on several occasions. Several times last year both stationary and in motion. It has happened twice this year while stationary. I've never seen it happen in real time only after it has happened. In 2017 on 2 different occasions I was going down the highway and passing cars pointed to my tailgate. This year 2018 the truck was parked at work for several hours and when I walked to it the tail gate was wide open. The key fob is always in my front pants pocket.

Filed Oct 16, 2018 · Body · 36,000 miles · TX

The automatic tailgate in the 2017 king ranch f250 can come open without any warning when in drive. This has happened to me at least 4 times; most recently while pulling my airstream trailer while in utah, causing damage to my airstream propane bottles, the aluminum cover, and also putting a dent in my f250 tailgate. This issue could cause serious problems in traffic, should something fall out of the back during this malfunction. My experience recently: I had just entered the freeway and was accelerating to freeway speeds in utah, after a quick stop for takeout breakfast at mcdonalds. A trucker flagged me down to pull over as I entered the freeway. He ran back and told me my tailgate was open. Upon inspection, it appeared the open tailgate had caused damage to my propane tanks on my airstream, the aluminum cover, and also put a dent in the tailgate when leaving mcdonalds parking lot onto the street to get back onto the freeway. We were lucky nothing had fallen out of the rear bed, as it was packed with camping gear. The automatic tailgate can only be activated by the 'keyfob' or by manually pressing the release button on the tailgate when unlocked. 1) there is no way to open or lock the tailgate other than the push button on the tailgate or with the keyfob. 2) there is no indication the tailgate is down, once in drive. (safety issue) 3) the tailgate can/does open intermittently on occasion while in drive without any operator intervention.