I have a 2017 Honda Ridgeline that's worked fine until now (5800 miles). The tailgate would not open either way. There was tension on the handle, but no latch release. It stayed like this for several days, then when I was driving the tailgate just dropped down on it own.

Went on vacation. Had trunk loaded with stuff. Worked fine when left home. When I got to destination to unload tailgate would not swing open only drop down. Made it extremely difficult to unload trunk.My 11 year old 2006 with 172,000 miles never had this problem.

tailgate will not open sideways

Tailgate works fine when it's flipped down but the side latch is loose and does not work at all. It worked fine until this morning.