So how does one lock the tailgate when the battery is dead?

[MandKM]

I’m sure someone has run into this issue given JL battery issues, but I can’t seam to find it. I have a 25 JLUR with proximity door locks. I found my battery totally dead this afternoon. I figured I would put the battery on a charger overnight. I went to lock the doors but could not figure out how to lock the tailgate.

i happened to have a spare battery that I connected up just to lock the doors, but there must be a way to manually lock the tailgate. Any suggestion?

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[kah.mun.rah]

I was going to say with the key and then after going out to look at mine, realized that there isn't a keyhole like there is on the JK. Does the lock button on the fob not work when the Jeep battery is dead? When you used the spare to lock the doors did it not lock the gate at the same time?

 

[Faded glory]

Yet another shameful omission on JLs

 

[donmontalvo]

Wow…

 

[Poseidon20]

I have a Sport, my key doesn’t have a battery. Just a metal thing I stick in the door and turn. Don’t understand the question maybe.

 

[Zandcwhite]

The question I have is how did the tailgate end up unlocked and then the battery went fully dead? The only fully dead batteries I've ever experienced happen after sitting. Where was it sitting unlocked that you're now too concerned to leave it unlocked while charging? If think the charger would put enough charge in the battery in a few minutes to cycle the locks. I just can't invision the real world scenario where not having a key cylinder on the tailgate would matter?

 

[jadmt]

The question I have is how did the tailgate end up unlocked and then the battery went fully dead? The only fully dead batteries I've ever experienced happen after sitting. Where was it sitting unlocked that you're now too concerned to leave it unlocked while charging? If think the charger would put enough charge in the battery in a few minutes to cycle the locks. I just can't invision the real world scenario where not having a key cylinder on the tailgate would matter?

I leave my jeep unlocked during the day in my driveway or when at friend's houses but lock it at night if it is sitting out (In winter if the roads are really crappy and I have a several inches of frozen slush i leave it out instead of pulling it into my heated garage). I mostly leave my garage door open during the day with my key in my rigs but at night either pull them inside or if leaving them out lock the doors. heck as glitchy as mine has been I wished it had a key-hole just for incase the proximity locks decided to quit working or something mysteriously drains the battery.

 

[tk1700]

Wow…

My 2019 has a key hole in the tail gate but my 2021 doesn't. I've often wondered why there isn't one on the 2021.

 

[jadmt]

My 2019 has a key hole in the tail gate but my 2021 doesn't. I've often wondered why there isn't one on the 2021.

probably supply chain issues or had to save a dollar......

 

[BobC3596]

probably supply chain issues or had to save a dollar......

My 2022 JL does not have the manual keyhole in the tailgate. Would this have to do with the vehicle having two batteries or some other options?

 

[Zandcwhite]

I leave my jeep unlocked during the day in my driveway or when at friend's houses but lock it at night if it is sitting out (In winter if the roads are really crappy and I have a several inches of frozen slush i leave it out instead of pulling it into my heated garage). I mostly leave my garage door open during the day with my key in my rigs but at night either pull them inside or if leaving them out lock the doors. heck as glitchy as mine has been I wished it had a key-hole just for incase the proximity locks decided to quit working or something mysteriously drains the battery.

So you leave the keys in it and unlocked often but are worried about someone crawling through the back hatch and stealing it when the battery is dead? I'm pretty sure it's a million times more likely to be stolen when the key is in it and it starts/runs/ drives than when it's dead regardless of time of day.

 

[jadmt]

So you leave the keys in it and unlocked often but are worried about someone crawling through the back hatch and stealing it when the battery is dead? I'm pretty sure it's a million times more likely to be stolen when the key is in it and it starts/runs/ drives than when it's dead regardless of time of day.

i think you misread or misinterpreted my post. but no not worried about them stealing my jeep in fact I would not be broken hearted if they did, but I don't want some one crawling in it and taking a shit or stealing my beer or sunglasses etc I usually have a pretty nice cooler in there as well it is simply about keeping someone from stealing items or taking a shit in it..which happens as I have take reports of it happening...

 

[Zandcwhite]

i think you misread or misinterpreted my post. but no not worried about them stealing my jeep in fact I would not be broken hearted if they did, but I don't want some one crawling in it and taking a shit or stealing my beer or sunglasses etc I usually have a pretty nice cooler in there as well it is simply about keeping someone from stealing items or taking a shit in it..which happens as I have take reports of it happening...

Last statistics I read said that the vast majority of property crimes happen during the day. I think you're more likely to have you stood stolen during the day. And it still doesn't seem like a legitimate concern. Leave it unlocked all day with the key in it, but in the million to one chance that your battery dies the rear hatch being unlocked is guaranteed theft despite the fact that the doors are locked? Odds are they'll check a door handle and assume the things locked up even if it happens to be that one night in a decade where the battery died and you didn't lock the rear hatch. "I'm nonchalant about locking my Jeep... but I'm paranoid about the battery dying and not being able to lock the hatch?" And like I said, hook up a battery charger or jumper cables and hit the lock button. Seems like a problem that will never actually be a problem.

 

[Heimkehr]

Sport owners, living their best life.

Can a keyed cylinder lock be retrofitted to the tailgate? Legit Q.

 

[Terrymo]

Last statistics I read said that the vast majority of property crimes happen during the day. I think you're more likely to have you stood stolen during the day. And it still doesn't seem like a legitimate concern. Leave it unlocked all day with the key in it, but in the million to one chance that your battery dies the rear hatch being unlocked is guaranteed theft despite the fact that the doors are locked? Odds are they'll check a door handle and assume the things locked up even if it happens to be that one night in a decade where the battery died and you didn't lock the rear hatch. "I'm nonchalant about locking my Jeep... but I'm paranoid about the battery dying and not being able to lock the hatch?" And like I said, hook up a battery charger or jumper cables and hit the lock button. Seems like a problem that will never actually be a problem.

That’s what I was thinking. I usually overthink things, but even this seems too simple to make it so complicated.

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