Ive had two incidence were the tail gate was frozen shut. The 1st incident the tail gate opened while sitting in my garage & it came open a day later hit the wall. The second incident i was in a cabin in the mountains of Tennessee & it snowed & again the tailgate was frozen shut so we couldnt access the cargo. While driving down the road the tailgate came open no warnings came on didnt know it was open until we stopped for gas. We had cargo carrier on the back with a mobility chair and the tailgate hit it & damaged my tailgate