Tail gate mishap

[roy826ex]

Dented my tailgate yesterday One of my motorcycles had a flat rear tire so I put my Nomar tire changer in the receiver hitch of the truck. I used to have this thing floor mounted to the floor when I had a shop but the new house has no shop and I never mounted this thing in the garage floor due to the slab being a post tension design. Well I was breaking the bead on the tire which was not wanting to break down and at some point the wheel shifted and the lever arm on the bead breaker slammed right into my tailgate and dent and slight scratch was the result. I knew better since this had once happened on my old HD truck and it hit the painted bumper on that truck which was a scratch but no dent. Oh I was livid at this point yesterday. The dent is off to the side of the tailgate and noticeable. PDR can probably remove the dent but the scratch is finger nail deep but not to the primer or bare metal. it is about 1" long. When it rains it pours here....

 

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[adeerchaser]

Ouch! Enough to make you say- Dang. I did worse. Went to ORV park unloaded SxS and backed truck in to park, push button from inside cab to get cooler- POW heavy multi-pro tailgate hits jack on the trailer. Dent by push buttons- stupid me, and Dang was not the word I used

 

[NCB_’22AT4]

Believe starting with the ‘22’s, mine personally, you can disable the multi pro. Have the remote within 3’ and hold down the multi pro release button for approx 3 seconds. The tail lights will flash 3 times letting ya know it’s been deactivated.

 

[flcmcya]

Did this immediately!

 

[adeerchaser]

Yea, I did that. It was not the center multi pro part, it was the whole tail gate that came open. I did it using the button in the cab, it always works. The thing that was not working musta been my peanut in my head.

 

[roy826ex]

I hate the drop tailgate button inside the truck because it is right next to the idle stop button and I am always afraid I'll hit the tailgate button instead of the idle stop button before my garage door is full up. Or like was mentioned with a trailer still attached and the tailgate will hit my trailer jacks on all but one of my trailers.

 

[flcmcya]

Agreed....need to find a disable method for that switch!

 

[Teegunn]

I hate the drop tailgate button inside the truck because it is right next to the idle stop button and I am always afraid I'll hit the tailgate button instead of the idle stop button before my garage door is full up. Or like was mentioned with a trailer still attached and the tailgate will hit my trailer jacks on all but one of my trailers.

Same fear for me. That stupid "drop tail gate" button right next to the disable auto stop button is dumb. I am constantly checking behind me that my tailgate hasn't accidentally been dropped, especially when I am pulling my job trailer, which is often. Also, if I have my job trailer hooked up, the tailgate will hit the top of the trailer jack. I have been trying to figure out a way to disale the drop tailgate button, thinking about jerry-rigging a piece of plastic or small metal that would slip under the button making it unable to be pushed.

 

[Denalibq]

get the auto start disable switch i did it on my 22 refresh and haven't looked back since

 

[Teegunn]

get the auto start disable switch i did it on my 22 refresh and haven't looked back since

Got a link to that? Will it work on a 23 AT4X?

TIA

 

[Denalibq]

2022-2024 GMC Sierra 1500 Autostop Eliminator

The Autostop Eliminator is an intelligent device that plugs into the back of your vehicle's auto stop-start switch assembly. It restores your preference for auto start-stop automatically which eliminates the need to press the button after each ignition cycle. Works on 2022 Refresh models thru...

www.gen5diy.com

2022 at4x here and i have had no issues.. give them a call for the install directions its not that bad

 

[Denalibq]

they have the actual install directions for the refresh that they can email you

 

[Teegunn]

2022-2024 GMC Sierra 1500 Autostop Eliminator

The Autostop Eliminator is an intelligent device that plugs into the back of your vehicle's auto stop-start switch assembly. It restores your preference for auto start-stop automatically which eliminates the need to press the button after each ignition cycle. Works on 2022 Refresh models thru...

www.gen5diy.com

2022 at4x here and i have had no issues.. give them a call for the install directions its not that bad

Thank you!

 

[Denalibq]

100% worth the 100 bucks for it. never have to touch that switch again or deal with the start stop bs

 

[Denalibq]

and diygen5 guys are very helpful and fair pricing plus they have other and custom harness if needed