that rod one on the left of where your sitting is wrong, it should fit in the grove on the metal lever look at :49 and 4:04. that's why you had a hard time connecting that rod to the plastic sleeve

Excellent video. I purchased the latch on Amazon for $23 and it works great. Thanks again

Thanks man. I got to do the replacement as soon as the part comes in

Good job bro!!

Good job. My 2010 Canyon had the exact same issue. I appreciate your help.

This was helpful. One question. How did you get the tailgate open at the beginning of the video? Is there some handle override we can do to get it open?

Thank you. Will be trying it today.

My tailgate won’t open so I gotta figure it out

This video shows how to replace the tailgate handle not how to replace the latches which hold the tailgate closed.