# 1995 CHEVROLET PICKUP — TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
> NHTSA complaint `298627` · 2001-06-17 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** CHEVROLET
- **Model:** PICKUP
- **Year:** 1995
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
- **Speed:** 5 mph
## Narrative
STOP AT AN INTERSECTION WITH MY PICK UP.  MY WIFE FOLLOWING BEHIND ME IN HER GMC JIMMY.  AFTER CHECKING FOR TRAFFIC, I PROCEEDED AND MY WIFE APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION.  AT THIS TIME, I HEARD SOMETHING IN THE REAR OF MY VEHICLE.  THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDERNEATH THE TRUCK AND LANDED IN THE ROAD.  AS I LOOKED THROUGH MY REAR VIEW MIRROR, MY WIFE PROCEEDED AND RAN OVER THE TIRE, WHICH CAUSED HER VEHICLE TO GO AIR-BORNE.  SHE SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.  AFTER CHECKING THE SPARE TIRE COMPARTMENT, I FOUND THAT THE TIRE IS ONLY SECURED BY A SMALL CABLE.  THIS CABLE BROKE CLEAN, AND THE TIRE FELL TO THE ROAD.  I CONTACTED CHEVROLET AT PH#800-222-1020.  I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE NAMED BUCK ON 6-4-01.  HE STATED THAT I SHOULD CHECK MY SPARE TIRE BETTER.  HE WASN'T VERY HELPFUL AND I BECAME VERY UPSET AND CALLED ON 6-5-01.  THIS TIME I SPOKE WITH A PERSON NAMED AMBER.  SHE ALSO SAID I SHOULD CHECK THE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT BETTER.  I EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE OF SAFETY AND THAT SOMETHINGT SIMILAR COULD HAPPEN AT GREATER SPEEDS, RESULTING IN DEATH.  I WANTED TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING HOW THE PROBLEM WAS GOING TO BE HANDLED BUT SHE SAID NO ONE WOULD CALL ME.  I THEN SPOKE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A LAW SUIT AND THEN SHE STATED  I WAS ACCUSING THEM OF WRONG DOING.  I ALSO EXPLAINED NEW YORK STATE DIDN'T REQUIRE SPARE TIRE CHECKS ON INSPECTIONS AND THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO CHECK EVERY PART OF A VEHICLE, TO SEE IF SOMETHING WAS GOING TO BREAK. SHE THEN TOLD ME T
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