Frozen Tailgate

[GPTaco]

So living in Northern Canada is always challenging for weather, it rained all day Saturday and turned cooler Sunday followed by snow Sunday mid afternoon and overnight.
This lead to a frozen tailgate this morning after removing 10cm of the white stuff off my tonneau cover.
I was eventually able to coax it open by gently pushing pulling, there was some ice grabbing between cover and top to tailgate.
Hopefully this won't be an ongoing issue throughout the winter months.

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[Dansflhti]

Yes it will be an on going issue depending on conditions. I usually put a bit of silicone grease on the weather stripping of the cover. It doesn't cure the problem but may help a bit.

 

[Dansflhti]

So living in Northern Canada is always challenging for weather, it rained all day Saturday and turned cooler Sunday followed by snow Sunday mid afternoon and overnight.
This lead to a frozen tailgate this morning after removing 10cm of the white stuff off my tonneau cover.
I was eventually able to coax it open by gently pushing pulling, there was some ice grabbing between cover and top to tailgate.
Hopefully this won't be an ongoing issue throughout the winter months.

Wondering if you have determined your truck has the windshield wiper de-icer? The elements are supposed to be in the glass where the wipers park and is turned on with the rear window defroster.

 

[GPTaco]

Honestly I haven't looked, my wife has that feature on her Outlander, it works awesome. I'll check and see.

 

[Dansflhti]

My wife's 15 rav4 had it and you could see the elements in the glass. Can't see them on my truck..it's a Canadian Sport+.

 

[TacoFreak]

My Tundra had the wiper glass defroster but you could not see any elements in the glass. Not sure how that works, but it was a huge help when Ohio got its rain/ice/snow storms.

 

[GPTaco]

I took a closer look at my windshield but the lower section is all black so no obvious way to tell, the owners manual mentions this feature but states " if equipped" so I'll have to wait until it snows again and watch to see if it melts when I turn on the defrost function for mirrors/rear window.
As mine is a sport premium I would hope it came with this option but I really don't know.

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