Tailgate stops when up

[KO Stradivarius]

I've been down this road and they are only available with the bumpers, about $20. I'm still looking to see if any other push clips will work but no luck so far.

I broke off one of these “bumper blocks” too, and I looked around quite a bit for a replacement fastener. After a while I found these (see picture) at O’Reilly for $5.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/dorman/dorman-multi-purpose-retainer/dor0/963124d

They are a little large to fit thru the small hole in the rubber block, but I was able to get it thru, it fits the hole in the metal, and it worked for me. The block is now re-attached pretty solidly.

You can see the stock Ford part in the middle. It’s bad faith for Ford to not offer a service part for just the fastener. You shouldn’t need to buy the entire block for just a broken clip.

Maybe we need to ask Dorman to offer a more exact version off-the-shelf box of "FORD Tailgate Wedge Retainers" that we can buy at any parts store. I think there would be a good market for them.

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