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Could simply just be dirty. Put the gate down, and unscrew the back of the handle. Once you unscrew the tail gates handle. then unscrew the ends where the latchs are. Then you should be able to pull the latchs out and clean them.
Just clean the handle and latchs and it should be fine. I know mine needed it.
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