NHTSA complaint: 2019 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 — SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET AROUND 25 MPH MY STEERING SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT. CAUSING ME TO STRIKE A PARKED CAR. THIS HAPPENED ON4/10/21. THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT CAUSING MY TIRE TO STRIKE THE PARKED CAR. WITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT SAID THAT MY WHEEL WAS COMING OFF BEFORE STRIKING THE CAR. THE FRONT RIGHT SIDE SUSPENSION ON MY TRUCK WAS RIPPED AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE INCLUDING THE DRIVE AXLE. PIECES OF THE SUSPENSION BROKE INTO PIECES. THERE IS A POLICE REPORT WITH THE WAVERLY POLICE DEPT IN WAVERLY, OHIO 45690. REPORT NUMBER 21-050. TO MY SURPRISE COMING HOME FROM WORK ON 4/13/21 THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO A CO WORKERS NEW MODEL GMC SIERRA WHICH IS A SIMILAR VEHICLE. HE WAS JUST DRIVING AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION FELL OFF HIS VEHICLE CAUSING HIS TRUCK SUSPENSION TO HIT THE GROUND. I OBSERVED HIS VEHICLE AND THE DAMAGE TO THE SUSPENSION WAS BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO MY VEHICLE SUSPENSION. HIS VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY LOCATED AT HOMETOWN CHEVROLET IN WAVERLY, OHIO 45690. MY VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO PERFECTION ONE COLLISION IN CHILLICOTHE OHIO.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation