PLEASE REFERENCE EXISTING NHTSA ACTION NUMBER: EA06020 STRUTS FOR THE REAR POWER LIFTGATE FAILED SUDDENLY. INITIAL BEHAVIOR WAS REAR LIFTGATE OPENING MORE SLOWLY THAN NORMAL, AND BEGAN TO OCCUR DURING COLDER WEATHER TEMPERATURES. THEN LIFTGATE STRUTS SUDDENLY FAILED COMPLETELY- AFTER OPENING THE LIFTGATE, IT FELL DOWN WITH FULL WEIGHT (ALMOST ZERO RESISTANCE) ONTO DRIVER WHO WAS UNDER THE LIFTGATE. *TR