I closed the tailgate no problem, drove three miles, got out and opened it, but when I tried to close it manually, it would not latch. Tried doing it with the power button, but the same thing when it reached the bottom. I found a golf tee and other debris in the little hinged well containing the male metal loop for latching, so I cleaned that out and tried again. It seemed that on the way down, the door was aligned a bit to one side, and at the bottom, it kind of shimmied sideways, but still would not seat and latch. On repeated attempts, it seemed two things happened: it sounded like some kind of battery was petering out and finally stopped working altogether, and before that it stopped making any hydraulic sound at the bottom at all. It also seemed that at the end of the process, it was aligned too far back to go into the well.
Is there a separate battery driving the rear power door? Also, if operating properly, do the hyraulics pull the door slightly forward at the bottom so it will seal and seat into its latch?
