NHTSA Complaint #11220555 — 2018 FORD F-150

THE TAILGATE ON MY 2018 FORD F-150 HAS THE AUTOMATIC OPEN OPTION FROM THE KEY FOB. I FIRST EXPERIENCED THE TAILGATE HAD OPENED ON ITS OWN WHEN I WENT OUTSIDE TO GO TO WORK AND FOUND TAILGATE WAS OPEN. I DIDN'T THINK TO MUCH ABOUT IT AT THE TIME. THEN WHILE I WAS PULLING A TRAILER I WENT OVER A SPEED BUMP AND HEARD A WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HAD FALLEN OVER INSIDE TRAILER. STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND TAILGATE HAD OPENED AND FELL ON THE TRAILER JACK HANDLE ON THE HITCH. THIS BROKE THE TAILGATE HANDLE HOUSING THE BUTTON FOR OPENING TAILGATE, THE LIGHT AND BACKUP CAMERA. I HAD NO IDEA HOW THIS COULD'VE HAPPEN. NO WAY COULD THE KEY FOB COULD HAVE ACTIVATED THE AUTO RELEASE AS IT WAS ON THE CONSUL WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET FOR ANY POSSIBLE CAUSES AND FOUND MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.