No soft open tailgate

sadiekolsen · 2025-08-22T21:37:09+00:00

I don’t understand poverty buttons. One of the biggest reasons I went with the TRD Off-Road upgrade package was to avoid the sea of blank switches. Honestly, I don’t get why Toyota leaves them there if the feature isn’t included. Why tease us with the empty spots? Even with the off-road upgrade package, there are still empty buttons. It was actually one of the main reasons I upgraded trims in the first place. At the time, I didn’t even care what the buttons did, I just didn’t want to be taunted every day by reminders of what I could’ve had. I’m not even sure what features I’m missing out on. Now that I actually go off-road with the truck, I use the accessory wiring and axle lock, but somehow I still only have the one button on the main console. How much do you actually have to spend to not be reminded daily of what you missed? And what features am I even missing out on with this package?

Nightwing13

New member

May 20, 2025

Hello all

I have a Tacoma SR5, this is actually my 3rd Tacoma. First was 2nd gen long bed SR5. 2nd was a TRD Sport short bed. Both came with soft open tailgate.Decided to go with an SR5 this time to take my time and build it to how I want it and of course the pricing at the time made the decision easy.But after getting it and speaking to some service advisors at the dealer, I was surprised that this gen Tacoma some didn’t come with the soft open tailgate. Unless you asked for it. Which had I known I would’ve asked for it. It’s been more than a year and I have gotten used to it. Maybe it’s just me, but having the soft open tailgate in some little way feels better. I’ve been looking to see if I can find something non OE to be able to make the soft open tailgate. I have found some but doesn’t say it will work for the 4th gen tacomas. I don’t know if even Toyota has made it available to buy. Looking to see if anyone has found anything or can led me in a direction to find something that will work even if that is going to Toyota and sticking to OE. Thanks in advance for any help.

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