I am finding conflicting information online. Does anyone know if the 2013 Platinum has a power tailgate lock on the key fob?

 

Oh Cmon .. surely someone here has a 2013 Platinum. Please take a minute to tell me if your key fob locks your tailgate or not.

 

If it doesn't have one you can install a Pace Edwards. I did and love it. Works with the door locks. Not hard to install.

 

I have a 2013 Limited which is one step above the Platinum and the best you can get in the F150 line.

It doesn't have a power locking tailgate!

 

Like cdmm said, the mod can be done for around $20, it's easy to do, and works with the door locks. Nice little mod!

 

The Pace Edwards instructions........... http://www.pace-edwards.com/images/pdf/pglk370.pdf leads me to think that this might rattle like a ****. Closing a tailgate to "patwaaaaaaaaaanggggggg" would grow old quickly. Is there something I missed in the instructions that secures this thing tightly?

 

Mine doesn't rattle at all. I just secured the actuator tightly to the inside of the tailgate and the other side tightly to the lock. No problemo.

 

my Dynolock did rattle at first until I used a large zip-tie to secure it to the inside of the tailgate.

btw, there is no factory tailgate lock yet. Maybe in the 2015 redesign model???

 

I used the eBay actuator (three times, actually). Total cost of everything is less than $10. Never had a problem. Retains access to regular key, does rattle and works perfect every time. (Link to instructions found in sig).

 

Pace Edwards lock the actuator is mounted to plate that bolts on. Everthing is there. No need to manufacture anutghing.

 

Mine is in... I used a normal unlock actuator which I had in the garage from the old days putting them in with alarms... worked like a champ... whole job $4 for 40 feet of wire... and 4 connectors and a few zip ties... Didn't manufature anything really just bent a peice of metal into a rectangle and bolted the the tailgate... and NO Rattles...

 

cdmm151 - does the keypad also unlock the tailgate with the Pace Edwards actuator?

 

The keypad unlocks anything hooked into the door lock circut... so the answer is yes. The question is weather or not you can still use the key in the tailgate to unlock. Some systems do not allow this and if so when they break you will have no access into the tail gate to fix them.

 

If you do your own as in this thread
http://www.f150forum.com/f38/keyless...x2/#post804523

You can use your key. Look at the instructions to use a 1 inch and 3/4 inch spacer that's what I did. Takes about an hour and a half. Different years have different wire colors but almost all found and listed in that thread.

 

Just to confirm, the 2013 Platinum does not come with the power tailgate lock. I just brought my new Platinum home and that's one of the 1st things I checked - to see if Ford had added that since I had my 2009 Plat...