How to lock the tailgate?

Since the dealer did not give you the tailgate key, also check and see if you got 4 bed rail cleats.

 

Should have been on the Keychain with the fob. Did the Keychain have two metal tags...those are the codes they use to cut the spare keys. Make them cut you two for the inconvienece.

 

At least one nice thing about having the turn key start I guess. the key has attached fob and works with tailgate !

 

My dealership told me the same thing. They're clueless. My wife found it in a plastic bag under the passenger seat. Our salesman and I went looking in a Limited and couldn't locate it. Feel like someone is chucking it during the vehicle prep.

 

Jeez... You guys are making my dealer look good!

 

They had no idea where mine was.... I found it in a plastic bag in the glove box.

 

same thing happen to me dealer never gave me a key they replaced the lock at no charge and two keys came with the new lock

 

The more important piece of info is what happens if that key gets lost, is it easy to get a replacement? Typically you can just have a dealer look up the key code and cut you a new key, but if they look up the key code, will they get the code for the ignition key (inverted cut) or the tail gate key? My guess? Just the ignition.

Long story short: I recommend getting a copy made in case you lose it.

Jeff

 

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This just happened to me when I picked my truck up earlier tonight. The bag was "hidden" pretty well in the glove box, but the dealership was clueless nonetheless.

 

bold seems to be a common theme

 

Mine was in the glove box.

 

I just use the ignition key, works fine on my Chevy.

 

It only cost about $15 - $20 to add power tail gate lock / unlock and1 hour of your time, screw needing a key, just convert it, if you're mildly handy I think this was a super easy mod, there's a thread on it with instructions / pics.

 

Idk about you guys but I have the push to start the the key from the key fob unlocks the tailgate.

 

Did you look to see how old this thread is?
2016s required a separate key for the tailgate. 2017+ they made it work with the fob key.

 

Lol welp.

 

I installed popnlock but now that i think about it, i dont have a separate key

 

This is what is known in the industry as “continuous improvement”. In Toyota’s case, slow but continuous. In 2021, maybe they’ll have a power tailgate; 2023, power seats. Since I have a 2016, I should probably get a spare key made in case my Pop’n’Loc fails.