[pierremcalpine]

When you checked the wires that run through the tailgate are you sure you pulled them out far enough to validate that they are fine? I did same for a friend of mine and recall pulling them out a couple of inches and saying, all good here. I then decided to pull out some more and WOW, most wires were all but severed. To pull wires out more, you need to take inside panel out and unclip the wires from one of those plastic harness clips that fastens to frame IIRC.