A Spontaneous Tailgate: GM recalling over 200,000 heavy duty trucks due to tailgate malfunction
Toronto, Ontario — General Motors (GM) has issued a recall for 222,490 vehicles in Canada and over 300,000 vehicles worldwide due to tailgates that can spontaneously unlatch and spill cargo. The vehicles specifically affected include the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra from the 2020 to 2023 model years. Some heavy duty models from 2024 are […]
Triple Threat: Ford submits three-sectioned, side-hinged tailgate patent
Washington, D.C. – Ford has submitted a new patent to the U.S. Patent Office, with documents suggesting the automaker has a tailgate with three separate sections—the middle one opening in a side-hinge style—up its sleeve. In the patent documents shared by CarBuzz, Ford’s unnamed tailgate design is divided into three sections horizontally. The middle section […]
