The retainer clip that holds the latch rod to the door or tailgate mechanism on Ford and GM trucks. Small, cheap, and the reason a tailgate stops opening.
It fails quietly. The clip lets go, the rod drops out of the latch arm, and the handle suddenly moves with no resistance and does nothing. Most owners assume the latch itself has failed and start pricing a mechanism, when the actual fault is a fastener worth pennies sitting at the bottom of the door cavity.
Fitment: a range of Ford and GM trucks across multiple generations. Rod diameter is the thing that matters here rather than the model — measure it, or send a photo of the latch arm with the rod in place. Getting this one wrong means a clip that seats but does not hold.
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