tacoma tailgate! (bending)

Who thinks the tacoma tailgate 2nd gen is weak? Mine is bent up from my dirtbikes when they are in the bed.

 

whats tsb and is there a link i can see?

 

so will toyota do anything with it if i take it in?

 

lame haha idc oh well

 

I have abused mine and it looks as good as new......
I own a landscape Co. and I routinely have hundreds of pounds of rock, plant materials, and myself (225 lbs.) standing on it.
So far so good.

 

Mine isn't bent but I'm sure it'd fold like a mofo iffin I wuz 2 test it. Too far past 36k to get that TSB fo free nguyen I bought the truck.

 

After installing the pop & lock on my 09 last year, I couldn't believe the lack of structural support on these tailgates. No wonder they are so light

 

Mine folded just from unloading my quad. WEAK

 

i hit a pole and it only has a small dent/scratch on the bottom

 

The one on my '07 seems fine. I load my commerical walk behind mower into the bed with ramps (it weighs about 500-600lbs) and the tailgate holds up just fine.

 

had two of my little cousins sitting on my tailgate..both are 16-17 and weight 150~ and it had a slight bend...
And to top it off the following week my someone hit my tailgate and put a crease right down the middle..

 

i was wondering how much my tailgate could handle. just got the truck a month ago and we tailgate a lot at sporting events/concerts, and i have been cautious to step on it, and def didn't sit on it when another was sitting on it.

i have an '09, so by all accounts, it should be able to handle 600+ lbs. of weight, right?

 

mine bent horribly after loading a sport bike. i was pissed.

 

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I have the same 2009 as you and I am REAL careful with my tailgate and I haul very little.

A friend of mine bent his tailgate in the middle when he hopped down on his lowered tailgate (top edge) from about 2 feet. He weighs about 200 lbs.

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I do paint less dent removal. I removed a dent up at the top of the tailgate on a customers Tacoma (not sure of the year, but a couple years old) and it was wide open.

I had to remove a dent (thanks to my son) in the top of my 09 tailgate and it defiantly had a reinforcement in it.