The only problem with the cargo cover is....

[AvaLance]

is...when it freezes your tailgate shut I went up snowboarding today where it was 10 degrees outside and went to put my board in the back when I went in for lunch (I have the roof rack ski racks but I was going to get lunch) so I tryed to open the tailgate I pulled the handel and nothing I pulled really hard and nothing I moved my finger along the tailgate and cargo cover and nothing but when I got home tonight I was driving up the drive way and yep you guessed it "boom boom boom" I jumped about 50 feet in my seat and went to look and my tailgate had came unfrozen and fell.

 

[dunes_av]

ouch..... sounds like you need to mod the tailgate with heat tape

you didn't loose anything out the back did you?

 

[AvaLance]

no I did not lose anything out the back luckly I all ways have my board on the roof rack but normaly I would have all my other gear back there being I could not get it open it was all in the back seat also I tryed my mid-gate up there too and it was really different the flap that normaly follows the mid-gate down was stuck up.

 

[RMorgan2000]

My tailgate got frozen stuck this weekend too. It decided to let go on the freeway at about 70mph. BOOM BOOM. I thought I had dropped the rear end or run over something big. Didn't know what it was until I got to the Bears game, and saw that it was open. Nothing back there to loose, but, there could have been.

I am thinking that a good coat of silicon on those rubbers would keep that from happening, or at least not let it stick so tight.

Any thoughts?

AV -R

 

[Tubbyslanche]

I had same Issue :

I just spilled some washer solvent over the rear gate seal and it opened .

 

[IBOHUNT]

Just a thought. Maybe a silicone spray would help.

IBOHUNT

 

[ygmn]

Put some 303 or like on the rubber seals...makes it less likely to hold the water to freeze up...

Or


MOVe south! hehehehe

 

[wrchism]

So far, I've not had this problem, but it may be a matter of time. If the rearmost panel sags at all (as many do) there's lots of room for water to accumulate (say during a daytime thaw) and then freeze (the following night). Thanks for the heads-up guys - the silicone treatment (get the 'good' kind) sounds like a good idea - and I'll remember the windshield washer solvent trick if I do get 'stuck'.