It is! Is there a way to turn that setting off? It should at least be optional
Ram Heavy Duty Forum
Register a free account today to become a member! Once signed in, you'll be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!
Tailgate warning
- Thread starter CdnHO
- Start date
CdnHO
Well-Known Member
Just an update. I had some issues with an out of signal range and battery low warnings on the unit that I installed. The vendor was very responsive and sent me a new replacement with revised algorithms that seems to be working well. I no longer get poor signal or low power warnings. When the tailgate opens , the red warning LED illuminates along with a loud audible warning. The beeping lasts around 10 seconds and stops while the LED stays lit. If you are running with the tailgate down, then at least the display unit is quiet. When installing the replacment I made a couple of changes. I installed a cigar lighter angle adaptor so the Intelagate unit was on a proper angle for viewing and also relocated the sensor from the upper left to the lower right of the tailgate so it was not so obvious. I am quite happy with the unit and espcially the vendor's customer service. No longer paranoid about my tailgate.
Attachments
CdnHO
Well-Known Member
Yup, that would probably work. However I was not prepared to engineer and install what you are suggesting since the Intelagate was a five minute install and I am getting too old to run wires from the back of the truck to the front.
Last edited:
Just a thought but something I may do just because. I’m old also but can lay on the ground pretty easy. I may fall asleep though because I’m 70 yo and need naps..Yup, that would probably work. However I was not prepared to engineer and install what you are suggesting since the Intelagate was a five minute install and I am getting too old to run wires from the back of the truck to the front.
Alligator John
Well-Known Member
- Messages
- 355
- Reaction score
- 623
- Points
- 93
I have considered adding a simple $10 magnetic tailgate light switch wired into the ignition and an indicator light in the cab to remind me when I forget to put the tailgate back up. So far I have forgot to close the tailgate only once in the last year, but had nothing in the bed to lose. So it is not a priority. I probably will never add it unless I am going to be under the truck running wires for something else, but it would be really simple to do. Using the same magnetic tailgate switch It would also be easy to add a buzzer under the dash with a delay off timer relay for a short audible warning that the tailgate has opened while the ignition is on or is open when turning on the ignition.
www.ledunderbody.com
Add-On Magnetic Power Switch for Truck Bed Kit
LEDGlow’s Add-On Magnetic Power Switch for Truck Bed Lights Activates this LED Lighting Kit by Simply Opening Your Full Size or Midsize Truck’s Tailgate.
www.ledunderbody.com
When the '19 1500's first came out, I bought one. The tailgate down sensor went out immediately. The tailgate down light stayed on for three months while the sensor was on backorder. I'd rather just look at the tailgate or turn the camera on if I'm conserned.
CdnHO
Well-Known Member
Laying on the ground is easy. Getting up is the hard part. LOL. Enjoy the nap.
True dat!
ErikTheRed
Well-Known Member
IIRC when shopping for my 2024 HD, the only advertised model year change from 2023 to 2024 was the addition of a tailgate ajar warning indicator.
SolidAxleorBust
Well-Known Member
I first read the title to this string and thought, " what a silly first world problem"....Then I remembered the day I took off and made some corners with my tail gate down and **** fell out and the stinger on the trailer bent the tail gate 
ErikTheRed
Well-Known Member
Done it. Got to the campground, dropped the tailgate to get some crap outta the back, then went to back the trailer into the spot and didn't put the gate back up. Ooops. Crunched it pretty good. I did my best to straighten out the damage but I sold the truck with a wrinkled tailgate. Kinda like launching the boat and forgetting to put the drain plug back in, I hope leaving the tailgate down is a mistake I only make once.Then I remembered the day I took off and made some corners with my tail gate down and **** fell out and the stinger on the trailer bent the tail gate
SolidAxleorBust
Well-Known Member
Glad I am not the only knucklehead 
There is a channel on You Tube called the Drain Plug Mafia. Nothing like watching boat launch fails.
There is a channel on You Tube called the Drain Plug Mafia. Nothing like watching boat launch fails.
Glad I am not the only knucklehead
Chit Show is good. Plus is the crocodile.
There's a couple channels that run Haulover Inlet fails that are fun to watch.
H3LZSN1P3R
You're doing it wrong
I have never done that as I make it routine to install it as I unstrap the back and take the transom saver off.Glad I am not the only knucklehead
but I can believe lots of people forget just like they don’t know how to back up a boat or put the vehicle in park when they get out of the vehicle on the ramp (seen this one a few times)
SolidAxleorBust
Well-Known Member
My personal favorite, is using a little car or a 2wd truck to launch a boat, better yet the guy with the 4x4 that does not know how to engage 4x4. Haulover is just insane.
Haulover is just insane.
H3LZSN1P3R
You're doing it wrong
I have to pull out my coworkers 30ft house boat every year as the weight will lift his f150 back end off the ground and his 4wd hardly ever works lol at least he knows more than enough not to try it!..My personal favorite, is using a little car or a 2wd truck to launch a boat, better yet the guy with the 4x4 that does not know how to engage 4x4.