Pop & Lock - PL3600 Black Manual Tailgate Lock for Dodge Dakota and Mitsubishi Raider

Great value for the money. Installation instructions are fairly basic, but the actual installation is a bit more complicated. It’s a very tight and tricky process to get it into the opening even with loosening the handle. Be careful tightening the passenger side bolt, checking to make sure the mechanism isn’t shifting and the handle doesn’t get stuck not wanting to open. Just takes a little patience and extra time but it will do the trick securing the tailgate. I do recommend this lock.

Works great looks good.

Love the product. Hate the hardware. Fit perfectly on my 2000 Dodge Dakota Quad Cab with the 5.3’ bed. The hardware provided is horrible (1 specialty bolt). Went to hardware store and got a proper bolt. I believe it was 1/4 x20 course. Fit better than the one it came with. Cost me 12 or 21 cents. Tightened down and the product works flawlessly. Getting the product in place was not too hard. Remove center bolt. Loosen the two T40 bolts. I actually backed each out completely then threaded them in slightly so I would have the most play and room to get the lock in. Just be careful to not misalign anything. Remove one at a time. The middle one that one comes out completely and that’s where you put the new bolt in. If it came with proper hardware this would be 5 stars. 4 stars due to having to drive to hardware store. I have the bed liner and I put the washer on the outside of the liner. The one lone bolt holds the washer liner and lock in place.

2005 DakotaA little pricey, but happy to see "Assembled in Canada" - not cheap offshore junk, it's well built and it works.Saw some other reviews that said it wasn't that easy to put into install. It really only took 5 minutes. Definitely helped to loosen the other screws that the instructions mentioned, but it really needed turned a certain way and it popped in easily. Other reviews also said it could still be forced open by pulling on the handle hard enough, but I couldn't reasonably.Also, instructions say it's only meant to secure the right latch completely, and can confirm it took a lot of force on the left side of the latch to get it only the left side open. The right side still didn't budge.Keep in mind this is a theft DETERRENT. If someone wants to get in, they will. It doesn't take much inconvenience to deter a crime of opportunity.

Item looked okay at first but it quickly fell apart. The screw supplied doesn’t fit thru one of the washers. Easy fix with drill. Then when i went to install which when decently easy but the leaves the handle about a good inch forward/open. The lock also only holds on to a very small bit of PLASTIC handle. Anyone really wanting to get in could brute force it open. Over all for 50 bucks it’s way overpriced and a joke. Oh and removing it is an absolute hassle.

I installed this on a 2003 dodge dakota slt. In reading other reviews, I was half expecting to have to do some sort of modification or that it simply wouldn't work. However, I am very pleased to say the opposite. Read and followed the instructions and installed and it works perfectly. Actually fixed my recessed handle. Only thing I did differently from the instructions was that i completely removed all of the bolts and the handle and then reinstalled. Other than that works great and have no complaints at this time.

The instructions on this Pop and Lock (P&L) suggests a very easy 10 minute installation. Not so for me. I own a 2004 Dodge Dakota and encountered problems. . Loosening the back screws wasn’t enough to get it past the handle. I had to remove the trim. After multiple attempts, I discovered that a very thin putty knife inserted at the bottom of the trim would release the bottom tabs and gently pulling on an angle would remove it. After many tries, I either have too many fingers or not enough, I finally got the P&L installed. I then closed the tailgate, and NOTHING. Pulling the handle up did not release the latches! Worse yet I have a bed cover with latches so I had no access to the back of the tailgate. Ever go from anger/frustration to that pit in your stomach. After many, many attempts with my trusty putty knife I dislodged the latches and the tailgate opened. Lesson leader. Make sure the handle operates the latches properly and any bed cover is open before closing the tailgate. One other suggestion, throw the tighten only bolt away. It is very difficult to remove when tightened. I had to use vise grips. After hours of failed attempts I determined that when the P&L is installed according to the instructions on my truck the device is recessed too much and does not allow the handle to move far enough to operate the latches. I solved this by putting a nut on the mounting bolt on the inside of the tailgate. This limited the recessed position of the P&L. It now works perfectly. Ten minutes to install….I don’t think so!

It looks puzzling how it would work, but thanks to the YouTube encyclopedia it was SO easy to figure out and install. It’s great!!!

Pretty easy installation,looks good and very satisfied

Me gusto mucho el producto ya me siento mas tranquilo con esta chapa que protege mi tapa de la pick up.

Works as it should, easy to install, pretty sleek and you dont really notice it as a "aftermarket " part

works good. install is kinda tricky.. my tailgate didnt open properly after so had to wrasp a bit of it

Fits the truck good